Author: 'Umar Khaiyam; J B Nicolas; Frederic Baron Corvo
Title: The Rubaiyat of &Apos;Umar Kaiyam
Description: London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful edition of the Rubaiyat by Omar Khaiyam, translated from the French of J B Nicolas. The first edition by the Bodley Head illustrated by Hamzeh Carr. A beautiful first Bodley Head edition of the Rubaiyat by 'Umar Khaiyam. Containing the fascinating and popular Persian poems, here translated from the French of J. B. Nicolas by Frederic Baron Corvo, printed with both the English and the French text. Nicolas' translation was the first French translation seen Brought to popularity in the West with the English translation of Edward Fitzgerald, whose work has been published in several editions and has inspired translations both in English and in other languages. Edited with notes and comparative studies of the original texts, and an introduction by Edward Heron-Allen, who published a prose translation of the text in 1898.With sixteen extremely charming illustrations in colour by Hamzeh Carr. Collated, complete. In the unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally excellent with only minor shelf wear and a slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The dust wrapper is unclipped and sound with some shelf wear and chipping, and a minor loss to the head of the spine, which is slightly sunned and rubbed. With minor damp staining internally to the wraps, not affecting the externals. internally, firmly bound. With some minor faint scattered spotting to the first and last few leaves; otherwise, the pages are bright and clean. With sixteen extremely charming illustrations in colour by Hamzeh Carr. Collated, complete. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Hamzeh Carr. Very Good Indeed/Good.
Keywords: rubaiyat khaiyam illustrated dust wrapper khaiyam Hamzeh Carr
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Title: The Rubaiyat of &Apos;Umar Kaiyam
Description: London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful edition of the Rubaiyat by Omar Khaiyam, translated from the French of J B Nicolas. The first edition by the Bodley Head illustrated by Hamzeh Carr. A beautiful first Bodley Head edition of the Rubaiyat by 'Umar Khaiyam. Containing the fascinating and popular Persian poems, here translated from the French of J. B. Nicolas by Frederic Baron Corvo, printed with both the English and the French text. Nicolas' translation was the first French translation seen Brought to popularity in the West with the English translation of Edward Fitzgerald, whose work has been published in several editions and has inspired translations both in English and in other languages. Edited with notes and comparative studies of the original texts, and an introduction by Edward Heron-Allen, who published a prose translation of the text in 1898.With sixteen extremely charming illustrations in colour by Hamzeh Carr. Collated, complete. In the unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally excellent with only minor shelf wear and a slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The dust wrapper is unclipped and sound with some shelf wear and chipping, and a minor loss to the head of the spine, which is slightly sunned and rubbed. With minor damp staining internally to the wraps, not affecting the externals. internally, firmly bound. With some minor faint scattered spotting to the first and last few leaves; otherwise, the pages are bright and clean. With sixteen extremely charming illustrations in colour by Hamzeh Carr. Collated, complete. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Hamzeh Carr. Very Good Indeed/Good.
Keywords: rubaiyat khaiyam illustrated dust wrapper khaiyam Hamzeh Carr
Price: GBP 240.00 = appr. US$ 342.72 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 778A55
- Book number: 778A55
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