The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Author(s):
FitzGerald, Edward
Illustrator(s):
Anderson, Marjorie
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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| Size: | 4 - 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall |
| Volume Condition: | Near Fine |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher Name: | Book Club Associates |
| Publication Year: | 1972 |
| Publication Place: | UK |
| SKU: | 011332 |
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| Categories: | Poetry, Poetical Criticism and Poets |
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Catalogue(s):
Poetry, Poetical Criticism and Poets
128pp, with full page woodcut illustrations by Marjorie Anderson, introduced by Richard Housman. Uses the text of the first edition, from 1859. Red faux leather (vinyl) covers with gilt decoration (covering very slightly rounded at spine base, internally neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is the title given by FitzGerald to his 1859 translation from Persian into English of a series of quatrains attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048-1131), also known as the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. This delightfully robust but compact edition uses the original text of FitzGerald's translation of the quatrains. 16mo.
Keywords:
Poetry
Persia
Persian Literature
Persian Poets
