Lot 349

DULAC, Edmund (1882-1953, illustrator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, London, [1909], 4to, 20 mounted coloured plates by Edmund Dulac, original buckram gilt (some light staining). First Dulac trade edition. With 2 other books illustrated by Dulac. (3)

Estimate: £70 - £100
Hammer price: £140
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

DULAC, Edmund (1882-1953, illustrator).  Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1909]. 4to (280 x 215mm). Half title, 20 mounted coloured plates by Edmund Dulac, title and text within decorative foliate border (a few light mainly marginal spots, 3 plates with creases). Original decorated buckram gilt, uncut (some light staining, spine darkened). Provenance: "W. G. O. N. Christmas 1909, from C. D." (inscription on front free endpaper). First Dulac trade edition. Hughey Edmund Dulac ... A Bibliography 21. With 2 other books illustrated by Edmund Dulac, namely Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book (London, [n.d.]) and Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross (London, [n.d.]), both trade editions in original cloth. (3)


Provenance: Shakenhurst Hall, Cleobury Mortimer. For further information please refer to the Bellmans website article: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/bellmans-2

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