RARE lavishly illustrated edition of Omar Khayyam`s `Rubayyat` translated by Edward Fitzgerald (1809-83), who made Khayyam the most famous poet of the East in the West through his celebrated translation. Contains 10 tipped-in full page color plates and 19 tipped-in smaller color plates. All other pages are also beautifully illustrated. 285x220mm. Unpaginated (77 leaves/154 pages). 10 full page color plates & 19 smaller color plates. Embossed gilt Hardcover with gilt spine. Text block upper edge dyed red. Cover and spine dirty and stained. Cover corners and spine edges bumped and worn. Spine gilt partly faded. Spine hinges partly cracked/peeling. Inner cover yellowing/age-stained. Previous owner`s name written in pen on front whitepage. Binding slightly loose and visible between several pages/whitepages. Text block edges slightly stained. Some pages slightly age-stained. Extreme pages age-stained. Pages yellowing. All illustrations in very good condition. [SUMMARY]: Exquisitely