Author: FITZGERALD, EDWARD (TRANSLATED BY) OMAR KHAYYAM
Title: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (the Golden Books)
Description: New York: Barse & Hopkins, 1916. Reprint. Hardcover. This is a small format book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The front cover of the book has some light rubbing to the white background around the lettering. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and gift notation on the front free page. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page. "Omar Khayyam (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet. He was born in Nishapur, in northeastern Iran, and spent most of his life near the court of the Karakhanid and Seljuq rulers in the period which witnessed 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." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .
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Title: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (the Golden Books)
Description: New York: Barse & Hopkins, 1916. Reprint. Hardcover. This is a small format book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The front cover of the book has some light rubbing to the white background around the lettering. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and gift notation on the front free page. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page. "Omar Khayyam (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet. He was born in Nishapur, in northeastern Iran, and spent most of his life near the court of the Karakhanid and Seljuq rulers in the period which witnessed 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." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .
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Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 39050
- Book number: 39050
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