A DISTANT VIEW OF INDIA: BOOKS, MAPS, PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE 17TH TO 20TH CENTURY (6-7 AUGUST 2025)

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Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam [Illustrated by Asit Kumar Haldar] Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Filtzgerald version), Allahabad: The Indian Press Limited, 1930 Sixteen-page ribbon-bound booklet of Khayyam's quatrains and twelve colour plates done by Asit Kumar Haldar tipped-in on individual thick cardboard sheets with tissue guards bearing the relevant quatrain in red; original silk-covered decorative purpose-built cardboard fold-over box portfolio with decorative gilt titles on both boards and a gilt-and-polychrome illustrated label on rear board and with wooden toggles Plates: 10.5 x 6.5 in (26.6 x 16.5 cm) Cardboard mounts: 14.5 x 10 in (36.8 x 25 cm) Box: 15 x 10.5 in (38.1 x 26.6 cm) Booklet: 13.5 x 8.5 in (34.2 x 21.5 cm) 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000 $1,150 - 1,725 Details	Winning bid Rs 96,000 \| $1,103 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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