The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám the Astronomer-Poet of Persia

Khayyám, Omar; [translated by Edward FitzGerald]

Edité par Macmillan, London, 1900

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Later printing of the fifth edition of FitzGerald's version of Khayyam's verses, with a biographical essay on Khayyam, notes on the fifth edition, text of the first edition, notes comparing second, third, and fourth editions, second edition stanzas, table comparing stanzas, note by editor W.A.W. One of the publisher's Golden Treasury Series, first published in this form in 1899; here in the fifth printing thus. Hardcover, as pictured: full brown calf with gilt inside dentelles, austere floral spine decoration, signed by London binder/bookseller "Denny - 147 Strand." Light wear, minor chipping, corners bumped & rubbed, minor sporadic foxing. Text clean, no names or marks; [6], 111 pages. Size: 4¼" by 6½".

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám the Astronomer-Poet of Persia
• Éditeur: Macmillan, London
• Date de parution: 1900
• Reliure: Full Calf
• Édition: Later Printing.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Decorated Bindings
  • Poetry
  • Philosophy