Edward (1809) Fitzgerald Sold at Auction Prices

Porträtzeichner

See Artist Details

0 Lots

Sort By:

Categories

    Auction Date

    Seller

    Seller Location

    Price Range

    to
    • [BINDING]. VEDDER, Elihu, illustrator (1836–1923). Rubaiyat...
      Feb. 26, 2022

      [BINDING]. VEDDER, Elihu, illustrator (1836–1923). Rubaiyat...

      Est: $4,000 - $6,000

      [BINDING]. VEDDER, Elihu, illustrator (1836–1923). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: The Astronomer–Poet of Persia. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald (1809–1883). Boston: [Riverside Press for] Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1884. Large folio (432 x 381 mm). Letterpress index and notes at rear, 57 Art–Nouveau illustrated leaves reproduced by the Albertype process after drawings by Elihu Vedder on Japanese paper each with remarque, mounted on heavy wove paper as issued (foxing throughout, mainly marginal and on versos). Original publisher’s full thick brown morocco gilt, decorated after a design by Vedder, gilt–lettered and decorated spine, all edges gilt, broad gilt dentelle turn-ins, floral silk doublures and free endpapers, stamp–signed by Riverside Press (repair to front free endpaper at fore edge, else fine). FIRST DELUXE LIMITED EDITION, number 9 of 100 copies SIGNED BY VEDDER on limitation page. Vedder’s arrangement of the Rubaiyat is the most celebrated of all manifestations of the Fitzgerald translation first translated into English from the Persian in 1859. The deluxe edition sold out within six days of production. Later editions were smaller and used a half–tone process making this the only edition with Vedder’s fine renderings. Vedder's rearrangement of the stanzas fall into three sections—joy, death, and rebirth—signifying the cycle of life, death and renewal. Vedder also channels this conception into his art, which combines Christian and Classical figures with mystical imagery, like the “cosmic swirl,” which he describes as “gradual concentration of elements that combine to form life; the sudden pause through the reverse of the movement which marks the instant of life; and then the gradual, ever-widening dispersion again of those elements into space.” This edition was also produced from the same text block that was used in Sangorski and Sutcliffe’s legendary (but tragic) jeweled binding, “The Great Omar”, that was bound for America aboard the Titanic. Potter 201.

      Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
    • BOOK: FITZGERALD RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM, POGANY
      May. 23, 2021

      BOOK: FITZGERALD RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM, POGANY

      Est: $80 - $150

      Book: "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam," translated by Edward Fitzgerald (English, 1809-1883), published by George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., London, printed at the Ballantyne Press, c.1917 (no printed copyright date), burgundy leather binding with gilt embossed design of grapevines, text with decorative green borders, sixteen full-color plates after William [Willy] Andrew Pogany (Hungarian, 1882-1955), not paginated, gift inscription on first page dated 1925, wear and toning to pages, particularly at endpapers, approx 9"h, 6.25"w, 1lbs Start Price: $50.00

      Austin Auction Gallery
    • Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Fine Binding ca. 1910
      Apr. 11, 2021

      Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Fine Binding ca. 1910

      Est: $400 - $800

      Exquisite first edition thus of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, a book of poems translated from Persian to English by Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883), an English poet and writer best known for his translation of this book. The poems were attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048-1131), a mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet from ancient Persia. The book was published by Hodder and Stoughton Circa 1910 and bound by Sangorski and sutcliffe, one of the foremost bookbinders on England in the early 1900's. The book was illustrated by Edmund Dulac, a French artist influenced by William Morris and Aubrey Beadsley and who used Oriental and Persian motifs in his works. The book is done in Morocco leather, it has 189 pages with all edges gilt, a gilt-decorated cover, five raised bands with six gilt panels on the spine, and 12 beautiful color plates by Dulac. The book is inscribed "Phoebe S. Harvey 1928" in the front; she was probably the original owner of the book. The book comes with two red ribbon markers and its original slipcase. You can tell because the pattern on the slipcase matches the pattern on the front and rear end papers of the book. Sangorski and Sutcliffe were known for using jeweled bindings which had real gold and precious stones on the covers. In fact, they were commissioned to create a lavish copy of the Rubaiyat which was adorned by golden peacocks with jeweled tails and encircled by elaborate gilded vines; the book was sent on the titanic, and when the titanic sank, the book went down with it. A second copy of the Rubaiyat was bound at the beginning of World War II and placed in a bank vault for safe keeping, but enemy bombing destroyed the vault and that copy. Later, Stanley Bray made a third version of the binding based on the original design, this copy is now in the British Library. Finally, a copy had been saved. The book measures 7 3/4 x 6 1/16 x 1 1/4 in. The slip case is slightly larger. The book is rare and it is very hard to find a copy of the book with a slip case. Very light rubbing at the tail of the spine and the tips of the slip case.

      Sarasota Estate Auction
    • FITZGERALD, Edward (1809-83); Edmund DULAC. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d]. Folio. 20 tipped in plates (light spotting). Publisher's red pictorial cloth, gilt (light staining and fading, cloth torn at spine).  With: Richard Wagner's The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, 1910. 4to. 34 tipped in colour plates (occasional light spotting). Later red half calf (spine chipped with loss, upper board almost detached, rubbed). ROSENFELD, Morris. Lieder de Ghetto (Berlin: Benjamin Harz, [n.d]. Engravings (occasional spotting). Publisher's green and blue pictorial cloth (rubbed). (3)
      May. 31, 2017

      FITZGERALD, Edward (1809-83); Edmund DULAC. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d]. Folio. 20 tipped in plates (light spotting). Publisher's red pictorial cloth, gilt (light staining and fading, cloth torn at spine).  With: Richard Wagner's The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, 1910. 4to. 34 tipped in colour plates (occasional light spotting). Later red half calf (spine chipped with loss, upper board almost detached, rubbed). ROSENFELD, Morris. Lieder de Ghetto (Berlin: Benjamin Harz, [n.d]. Engravings (occasional spotting). Publisher's green and blue pictorial cloth (rubbed). (3)

      Est: £80 - £120

      FITZGERALD, Edward (1809-83); Edmund DULAC. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d]. Folio. 20 tipped in plates (light spotting). Publisher's red pictorial cloth, gilt (light staining and fading, cloth torn at spine).  With: Richard Wagner's The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, 1910. 4to. 34 tipped in colour plates (occasional light spotting). Later red half calf (spine chipped with loss, upper board almost detached, rubbed). ROSENFELD, Morris. Lieder de Ghetto (Berlin: Benjamin Harz, [n.d]. Engravings (occasional spotting). Publisher's green and blue pictorial cloth (rubbed). (3)

      Chiswick Auctions
    • FITZGERALD, Edward, translator (1809-1883). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam with Illustrations by Edmund Dulac . London: Hodder & Stoughton, n.d.
      Jun. 22, 2012

      FITZGERALD, Edward, translator (1809-1883). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam with Illustrations by Edmund Dulac . London: Hodder & Stoughton, n.d.

      Est: $1,000 - $1,500

      FITZGERALD, Edward, translator (1809-1883). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam with Illustrations by Edmund Dulac. London: Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. 4υo (244 x 185 mm). Half-title, 13 colored plates tipped in on gray paper. 20th-century green calf gilt-lettered on upper cover, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, tan or green morocco gilt lettering pieces in 2, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt, by Riviere and Son (some fading to spine, light wear to extremeties). [With]: FITZGERALD, Edward, translator. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., n.d. 16υo (130 x 85 mm). Text printed within a rule border, 12 engraved plates. 20th-century red morocco, central panel on upper cover with brown and tan onlays depicting the frontispiece within gilt borders with brown and tan onlays of leaves and grapes, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt lettered in one, the remaining gilt with brown and tan morocco onlays of leaf and grapes, red watered silk doublures and endpapers, edges gilt, by Bayntun (some light rubbing).

      Christie's
    • OMAR Khayyám (d. circa 1123). Rubaiyat ... translated into English Verse [by Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883)]. London: G. Norman for Bernard Quaritch, 1859.
      Dec. 04, 2009

      OMAR Khayyám (d. circa 1123). Rubaiyat ... translated into English Verse [by Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883)]. London: G. Norman for Bernard Quaritch, 1859.

      Est: $10,000 - $15,000

      OMAR Khayyám (d. circa 1123). Rubaiyat ... translated into English Verse [by Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883)]. London: G. Norman for Bernard Quaritch, 1859. Small 4υo in eights (209 x 160 mm). Original printed wrappers (rebacked, some spotting); quarter morocco folding case. FIRST EDITION, one of 250 copies printed. Fitzgerald's loose translation of the poems of Omar Khayyám, an 11th-century Persian, failed to find a popular audience when first published. In 1860, Dante Gabriel Rossetti received a copy as a gift and circulated it among the Pre-Raphaelite intellectuals in his circle where it quickly began a popular text. Fitzgerald's reputation slowly grew, and in 1868, he published a second and revised edition of The Rubaiyat. Ashley II, p. 121; Grolier English 97; Potter 1.

      Christie's
    • OMAR Khayym (d. circa 1123). Rubiyat... translated into English Verse [by Edward
      Dec. 15, 2005

      OMAR Khayym (d. circa 1123). Rubiyat... translated into English Verse [by Edward

      Est: $10,000 - $15,000

      OMAR Khayym (d. circa 1123). Rubiyat... translated into English Verse [by Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883)]. London: G. Norman for Bernard Quaritch, 1859. Small 4 o in eights (197 x 151 mm). (Some light browning.) Late 19th-century morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf; morocco slipcase. Provenance: Roderick Terry (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, one of 250 printed. The manuscript correction on p. 4 appears in most copies. Ashley II, p. 121; Grolier English 97; Potter 1.

      Christie's
    Lots Per Page:

    Popular Artists

    Devices

    Get Invaluable on Your Phone

    Download the app via text link to get instantly notified if you’re outbid and receive auction reminders so you never miss out!

    Bid On-the-Go!

    Download the Invaluable app and never miss an auction from your iOS or Android device.

    App Store badgeGoogle Play badge
    Invaluable Logo

    As the world's leading online auction marketplace, thousands of auction houses use Invaluable to deepen relationships with millions of clients around the world. Stay connected to the things you love with curated items and auctions sent to your inbox.

    You can unsubscribe at any time. View ourPrivacy Policy.

    © 1986-2024 Invaluable, LLC. and participating auction houses. All Rights Reserved.

    TermsSubscription AgreementPrivacy PolicyCopyrightGDPR InfoPrivacy ChoiceYour Privacy ChoicesSite Map