Author: Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald [trans.]
Title: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse
Description: London, George G. Harrap and Co, 1930. Cloth. A smart illustrated edition of Edward Fitzgerald's influential translation of a selection of quatrains, embellished with whimsical colour plates by Willy Pogany. The first illustrated edition of this translated poetical work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Edward Fitzgerald's translation of a selection of quatrains attributed to Omar Khayyam, dubbed "the Astronomer-Poet of Persia". The work peaked in popularity by the 1880s and inspired similar translation efforts in English, Hindi and many other languages.The popularity however came with scepticism, as many debated on the correct interpretation of the philosophy behind the poems. Whilst Fitzgerald believed that Omar held religious scepticism, some critics accusing Fitzgerald of misrepresenting this and taking the poetry too literally. This edition of the work is adorned with beautiful colour illustrations by Hungarian Art Nouveau illustrator Willy Pogany, including a frontispiece and eleven tipped in colour plates. Collated, complete. Last two leaves are uncut. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Sunning to the spine and light bumping to the extremities. Marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: Willy Pogany. Very Good .

Keywords: Poetry Omar Khayyam Colour Plates Illustrated Omar Khayyam Willy Pogany


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