Flowers From Persian Gardens: Selections from the Poems of Saadi, Hafiz, Omar Khayyam, and Others.
by Holden, Edward S.; Saadi; Hafiz; Omar Khayyam
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About This Item
New York R. H. Russell, 1902, First Edition. hardcover. Limited Editon, the first of the Wayside De Luxe Editions, this is hand-numbered 79 of 100 copies printed; and with cursive "The University Press" [the fine press at Cambridge, Massachusetts] below. Copyright 1901. -- Introduction and selection by Edward S. Holden, with his discussion of translation and a bibliography of Persian poetry. -- Silver bookplate with bookpress design of Chas. F. Lotz, Cincinnati, Ohio. -- Hardcover, plain boards with a decorated (silver on black) book cover (non-removable) as part of the design, in a box with label numbered 79. Condition: Book is fine; box has one corner broken. -- Will Bradley's binding and endpaper designs. Handmade paper. There was also a trade edition of this title [University of Delaware, Special Collections, Online Exhibitions]
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- Bookseller
- Bucks County Bookshop IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40384
- Title
- Flowers From Persian Gardens: Selections from the Poems of Saadi, Hafiz, Omar Khayyam, and Others.
- Author
- Holden, Edward S.; Saadi; Hafiz; Omar Khayyam
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- R. H. Russell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1902
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