The Rubáiyát of a Persian kitten / by Oliver Herford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herford, Oliver, 1863-1935.

Contributor:

De Vinne Press.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Omar Khayyam--Parodies, imitations, etc.

Omar Khayyam.

Cats--Poetry.

Cats.

Genre:

Poetry.

Humor.

Penn Provenance:

Laurel, Jane (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Herford, Oliver, 1863-1935 (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Dechert, Robert (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

76 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, MCMVI [1906]. ([New York] : De Vinne Press).

Notes:

With half-title.

Title printed within double-ruled border.

"Copyright, 1904, by Oliver Herford."

Parody of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam with tinted illustrations by Oliver Herford for each 4 line verse.

Gray paper covered boards with an orange vignette of a playful kitten on front cover. Lettered in black on front cover and spine.

Price from dustjacket.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Culture Class Collection copy has calling card of Mr. Charles Belmont Davis in envelope pasted to front pastedown.

Culture Class Collection copy has autograph of Jane Laurel.

Culture Class Collection copy has autograph of Oliver Herford and drawing of kitten with ms. annotation signed by Oliver Herford Jan 30, 1907.

OCLC:

13999001