Author: Omar Khayyam
Title: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Description: New York, The Roycroft Shop , 1898. Leather. Oblong edition of this famous collection of Persian verses, uncommon Roycroft edition in the original publisher's limp reverse calf binding. An uncommon Roycroft edition of the popular collection of Persian poems, the Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam. A selection of quatrains translated to English from the original Persian. It became popular by the later half of the nineteenth century, and was published in over one hundred editions, inspiring other translations to English and many other languages. This edition offers the translation by Edward Fitzgerald, which he first proposed in 1859.This copy was made into book by Elbert Hubbard, who also published it in a limited edition of 670 signed copies. Capital letters are coloured in a alternate pattern of red and blue. In the original publisher's limp reverse calf binding. Externally sound with minor shelf wea, spine and boards bumped and rubbed, general light soiling. Internally firmly bound. Minor closed tear to p. 63-4. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: rubaiyat omar khayyam persia poetry omar khayyam None
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Title: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Description: New York, The Roycroft Shop , 1898. Leather. Oblong edition of this famous collection of Persian verses, uncommon Roycroft edition in the original publisher's limp reverse calf binding. An uncommon Roycroft edition of the popular collection of Persian poems, the Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam. A selection of quatrains translated to English from the original Persian. It became popular by the later half of the nineteenth century, and was published in over one hundred editions, inspiring other translations to English and many other languages. This edition offers the translation by Edward Fitzgerald, which he first proposed in 1859.This copy was made into book by Elbert Hubbard, who also published it in a limited edition of 670 signed copies. Capital letters are coloured in a alternate pattern of red and blue. In the original publisher's limp reverse calf binding. Externally sound with minor shelf wea, spine and boards bumped and rubbed, general light soiling. Internally firmly bound. Minor closed tear to p. 63-4. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: rubaiyat omar khayyam persia poetry omar khayyam None
Price: GBP 140.00 = appr. US$ 199.92 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 818A10
- Book number: 818A10
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