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Penny Dreadfuls, 1900 · page 11 of 142

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, and the Salaman and Absal of Jami — page 11: what you’re looking at

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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, and the Salaman and Absal of Jami — page 11: Penny Dreadfuls, 1900

What you’re looking at

This is a title page, not a penny dreadful as suggested by the prompt's framing. The page announces the "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, The Astronomer-Poet of Persia," rendered into English verse, and identifies this as the fourth edition. The text is centered and formal, surrounded by decorative ornamental borders typical of Victorian book design. This appears to be from a legitimate Victorian poetry publication—likely Edward FitzGerald's famous 1859 translation—rather than sensational cheap fiction. The page is plain text only, with no illustrations or advertisements.

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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM, THE ASTRONOMER-POET OF PERSIA. Bendered into English Werse. FOURTH EDITION, i —___e COMICMOOOKS. COR