1924 Gv

Copies examined

British Library:	14797.f.9
Curwen Press:	E40

Title page

[a]2^r

[lines 1 and 2 in red] THE RUBÁIYÁT OF | 'UMAR KHAIYÁM | Translated from the French of | J. B. NICOLAS by FREDERIC BARON CORVO, | together with a reprint of the French Text, Edited with | notes and a comparative study of the original texts, and | an introduction by EDWARD HERON-ALLEN, F.R.S. | With Sixteen Illustrations in Colour | by | HAMZEH CARR | [Bodley Head mark] | Published by JOHN LANE THE BODLEY | HEAD LIMITED, VIGO STREET, LONDON, W.1

Imprint

[a]2^v

. . . | Plates by George Gibbons & Co., Leicester

Collation

[a]⁸ b⁸ c¹⁰ B-N⁸; inserts after [a]1 B1 C5 C8 D1 D3 F3 G5 G7 H1 H7 K4 K7 L3 M3 N6.

Pagination

[i-iv] v-xlviii [1] 2-193 [+1].

Technical description

Super-Royal 8^o: 10½" × 7", top edge only trimmed and blue, white laid, no mark; 14pt. Garamond with ligatures; printed as parallel texts. Corvo's English version on verso, Nicolas's French text on recto; colour photogravures on inserts; casing, light buff cloth, gold-blocked on spine: ‘THE | RUBÁIYÁT | OF UMAR | KHAIYÁM | NICOLAS | & CORVO | ILLUSTD BY | HAMZEH | GARR [sic!] | [block in gold black blue red: woman with distaff] | THE | BODLEY HEAD’, and on upper cover: ‘UMAR KHAIYÁM | [block in same colours: seated man holding scroll]’.

Notes

Curwen copy examined lacked plates and casing.

I believe Gibbons in Leicester printed by photogravure.

Legal deposit date

20/Oct/1925

See also

Carr, Hamzeh
Garamond
Garamond, 14pt.
Heron-Allen, Edward, 1861–1943 NPG ODNB
John Lane the Bodley Head, London see also Bodley Head, London (later heading)
Omar Khayyam IMDb
Rolfe, Frederick, 1860–1913 ODNB

Robin Phillips, 1963