$1,220
Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. London: George Routledge and Sons; New York: E. P. Dutton, n.d. [1921] 8vo, bound by Bayntun Riviere in red morocco stamped in gilt with polychromatic onlay design in gold, green, purple, tan, gray and blue featuring a seated figure peering through a telescope, silk doublures and endpapers with leather dentelles, a.e.g., in red cloth-backed folding case lined with felt. With 12 hand-colored plates after drawings by Gilbert James. Walter Kollmorgen copy with manuscript pen presentation from R. Witt on f.f.e.p. 1 inch split to front edge of spine; hinges tender; some light foxing to endpapers; fading and wear to folding case; otherwise fine.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2010-08-12
