Author: Omar Khayyam
Title: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Description: London, Macmillan and Co, 1936. Fine Binding. A finely bound Bayntun-Riviere copy of this famous poem by the Persian philosopher and poet. With the binder's stamp 'Bayntun Riviere' to the verso of front endpaper. This copy is posted from the Golden Treasury Series. This is a reprint from November 1936. This English translation has been edited from Edward Fitzgerald's first translation. Following this there is a discussion between the second, third, and fourth editions of Fitzgerald's translation. 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' was the title that Edward Fitzgerald gave to his 1859 translation of Khayyam's poems which was the first English translation. However, Fitzgerald's translations are fairly loose, he referred to his work on them as 'transmogrification&apos. Some consider that his translation of 'Rubaiyat' could be considered as Fitzgerald's own original poetry that are simply loosely based on Khayyam's quatrains. In a full calf binding. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .
Keywords: Omar Khayyam Edward Bayntun Riviere Edward None
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Title: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Description: London, Macmillan and Co, 1936. Fine Binding. A finely bound Bayntun-Riviere copy of this famous poem by the Persian philosopher and poet. With the binder's stamp 'Bayntun Riviere' to the verso of front endpaper. This copy is posted from the Golden Treasury Series. This is a reprint from November 1936. This English translation has been edited from Edward Fitzgerald's first translation. Following this there is a discussion between the second, third, and fourth editions of Fitzgerald's translation. 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' was the title that Edward Fitzgerald gave to his 1859 translation of Khayyam's poems which was the first English translation. However, Fitzgerald's translations are fairly loose, he referred to his work on them as 'transmogrification&apos. Some consider that his translation of 'Rubaiyat' could be considered as Fitzgerald's own original poetry that are simply loosely based on Khayyam's quatrains. In a full calf binding. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .
Keywords: Omar Khayyam Edward Bayntun Riviere Edward None
Price: GBP 895.00 = appr. US$ 1278.05 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 684L4
- Book number: 684L4
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