The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:
1905 Dodge Florentine Fleece Leather Edition

This small 1905 copy from the Dodge Publishing Company has a shimmering leather cover. The leather has a wavy texture and is mostly black with splotches of brown. My copy comes in a box with a protective jacket. I am not clear whether the box/jacket are original to this edition. The box has a label that says Florentine (Classics?) Florentine Fleece Leather. I looked up both the leather/Florentine Classics and didn’t really find much to relate to this edition. Due to the box’s label, I am calling this the Florentine Fleece Leather edition to distinguish it from other 1905 Dodge copies related to Hanscom.

Because like this other 1905 Dodge edition, it does contain a piece of art by Adelaide Hanscom, however, it’s just one study called the Angel of the Darker Drink and it’s above the copyright. I don’t consider this edition having illustrations as a result.

It’s a very pretty copy that feels like a good amount of craft went into it.