Author: FITZGERALD, EDWARD (TRANSLATED BY) OMAR KHAYYAM
Title: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Description: New York: Hearst's International Library Company, 1930. 1st Printing. Hardcover. C1930. This is a small book with leatherette covers. The book is approx. 4" x 3". The book is in Very Good condition and lacking a dust jacket. The book covers have some rubbing and edge wear, especially to the spine ends and corners. There is some lighter rubbing to the front book cover along with one small spot of noticeable rubbing to the top front corner. There is a small tear to the top rear spine joint. The text pages are There is a previous owner's inked name and address on the front endpaper. There's also a previous owner's inked "Chinese name stamp" on the first free page. "Omar Khayyam (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131) was a Persian polymath, mathematician, astronomer, historian, philosopher, and poet. He was born in Nishapur, the initial capital of the Seljuk Empire. As a scholar, he was contemporary with the rule of the Seljuk dynasty around the time of the First Crusade. As a mathematician, he is most notable for his work on the classification and solution of cubic equations, where he provided geometric solutions by the intersection of conics. Khayyam also contributed to the understanding of the parallel axiom. : 284 As an astronomer, he designed the Jalali calendar, a solar calendar with a very precise 33-year intercalation cycle: 659 that provided the basis for the Persian calendar that is still in use after nearly a millennium. In the 1000s in Persia, Khayyam announced in 1079, that the length of the year was measured as 365.24219858156 days. Given that the length of the year is changing in the sixth decimal place over a person's lifetime, this is outstandingly accurate. For comparison the length of the year at the end of the 19th century was 365.242196 days, while today it is 365.242190 days. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .
Keywords: Poetry Edward Fitzgerald Omar Khayyam Quatrains Miniature Classics
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Title: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Description: New York: Hearst's International Library Company, 1930. 1st Printing. Hardcover. C1930. This is a small book with leatherette covers. The book is approx. 4" x 3". The book is in Very Good condition and lacking a dust jacket. The book covers have some rubbing and edge wear, especially to the spine ends and corners. There is some lighter rubbing to the front book cover along with one small spot of noticeable rubbing to the top front corner. There is a small tear to the top rear spine joint. The text pages are There is a previous owner's inked name and address on the front endpaper. There's also a previous owner's inked "Chinese name stamp" on the first free page. "Omar Khayyam (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131) was a Persian polymath, mathematician, astronomer, historian, philosopher, and poet. He was born in Nishapur, the initial capital of the Seljuk Empire. As a scholar, he was contemporary with the rule of the Seljuk dynasty around the time of the First Crusade. As a mathematician, he is most notable for his work on the classification and solution of cubic equations, where he provided geometric solutions by the intersection of conics. Khayyam also contributed to the understanding of the parallel axiom. : 284 As an astronomer, he designed the Jalali calendar, a solar calendar with a very precise 33-year intercalation cycle: 659 that provided the basis for the Persian calendar that is still in use after nearly a millennium. In the 1000s in Persia, Khayyam announced in 1079, that the length of the year was measured as 365.24219858156 days. Given that the length of the year is changing in the sixth decimal place over a person's lifetime, this is outstandingly accurate. For comparison the length of the year at the end of the 19th century was 365.242196 days, while today it is 365.242190 days. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .
Keywords: Poetry Edward Fitzgerald Omar Khayyam Quatrains Miniature Classics
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 42976
- Book number: 42976
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