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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Author(s): [FitzGerald, Edward, translator]
Illustrator(s): Robinson, Charles
| Binding: | Softcover |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Collins Clear Type Press |
| Publication Year: | 0 |
| Publication Place: | Londonn and Glasgow |
| Book ID: | 010490 |
| Catalogue(s): | Classic Literature ◇ Poetry, Poetical Criticism and Poets |
Undated but likely c. 1910. A lovely, compact, vintage edition of the classic Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, in soft brown suede covers, yapped edges, blind stamped on front, gilt lettering on spine. Decorative endpapers. Colour plate frontispiece by Charles Robinson; coloured title page; decorative green borders on each page, and two further colour plate illustrations tipped onto card mounts, also by Charles Robinson. Suede covers are lightly worn with one corner mildly curled, gift inscription, dated 1921, on front paste down, else neat, clean, bright and tight. 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 Astromer-Poet of Persia.
Keywords:
Suede covers
tipped in illustrations
yapped edges
poetry
Persian Literature