"Of this edition of the Rubaiyat but Nine Hundred and Twenty copies were printed and types then distributed. Each book is numbered ... [signature] Elbert Hubbard"--Page [3]
"So here endeth the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam of Naishapur, as rendered into English by Edward Fitzgerald and done into a book by me, Elbert Hubbard, at the Roycroft Shop, which is in East Aurora, New York, and completed September Tenth MDCCCXCIX"--Colophon
Printed in black and red, with hand-colored initials and other decorations in gold and various colors
The cover illustration is by William Wallace Denslow (note the presence of his stylized seahorse symbol in the lower left of the embossed cover title)
Translated from a selection of poems originally written in Persian and attributed to Omar Khayyam
CHMRB copy 39088019378785 is number 237 of the limited edition, signed by Elbert Hubbard.
CHMRB copy is the gift of Stephen van Dyk.
CHMRB copy has the original blind-embossed and gilt-lettered suede leather binding, with yellow silk paste-downs.
Contents:
The Rubaiyat / Charles P. Nettleton -- Omar Khayyam / by John Hay -- The Rubaiyat
