This is an edition of the Rubáiyát that caught my eye due to the simple, standard nature of it. Many editions had a gimmick, or a way to catch your eye, beause they were intended to be given as gifts. My edition, marked as edition #78, was a gift book, as we'll get into, but it almost seems to be a study edition the way it is bound as almost a journal.

This edition is missing soe information. The date of publication is unknown, but we know its in the 1900's. The publisher is New York, Sully and Kleintech, a company that was active into the 21st century, so no date can be given.  

Visually, the edition looks like a notebook. It is brown and leather bound, and has a touch that is similar to old time journals in that it is dry and sandy but also leather and clearly a soft material. It is a soft cover book, but has a sturyd bind. The pages are the most unique thing about it- they are urrounded by red flowe patterns. These patterns strike me as what we learned in class,...