Penny Dreadfuls, 1900 · page 1 of 142
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, and the Salaman and Absal of Jami — page 1: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This appears to be a **back cover or endpaper** of a Victorian penny dreadful. The page is predominantly blank with a deep purple or maroon cloth binding visible, showing the typical wear and aging of period literature. There is a small white illustration or vignette in the upper left corner, though its details are not clear due to image quality and grain. The OCR text is largely illegible special characters and artifacts, suggesting this page contains minimal or no readable printed text. The "comicbooks.com" watermark indicates this is a digital scan rather than original period material.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
« ° 7 - . comicbooks.com . “~e +s! -