The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:
~1900s H.M. Caldwell Chateau Series Edition

This undated H.M. Caldwell Co. Rubaiyat appears to be from the publisher’s Chateau Series, which had various years. The LUCILE project website actually has a Rubaiyat pictured for the series and labeled as 1900, but the colors are different and so too is the flower. But the 1901/1902 versions have different styles, so I doubt it is from those runs. So maybe it is a 1900 but they have multiple Rubaiyat colors/types…? Unclear. As usual, if anyone knows/has more from this series, please reach out.

It contains the fourth edition text and the “To Omar Khayyam” poem by Andrew Lang.

I am frustrated by the white/color balance of the photos I took. To try to better articulate how it looks, I included two shots of the alternate lighting (but I took the full set again in it) condition, marked as such, and the back cover picture is only in the alternate lighting.

My copy is clearly in very poor condition.