Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald - Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

London and Edinburgh, Sampson Low, Marston & Company Ltd. 1914. Cloth. An illustrated edition of Edward Fitzgerald's renowned translation of Omar Khayyam's 'Rubaiyat', complete with four plates in colour. 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' refers to Edward Fitzgerald's 1859 translation of a selection of Persian quatrains attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048-1131). By the 1880s, the work was extremely successful, and had been published in a number of editions. It has since inspired countless translations into other languages. Fitzgerald's translation was loose and interpretive, referred to by its author as 'transmogrification', to the extent that some consider the translation poetry in its own right separate of its source material.Undated; dated from copies held on Jisc.Illustrated with four plates in colour by Frank Brangwyn. Collated, complete.A delightful copy of this beautiful translation of Omar Khayyam's Persian verses. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with some discolouration to the tail of the front board and some edgewear. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Frank Brangwyn. Very Good .

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