Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám | The Literal Translation of the Ousley Ms. At Oxford with a Rendering into English Verse by C. S. Tute

Omar Khayyám (18 May 1048 - 4 December 1131) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet. [Rendered into English Verse by Clifford Sherlock Tute] With a Foreword by E. Heron-Allen [Edward Heron-Allen FRS (17 December 1861 - 28 March 1943) was an English polymath, writer, scientist and Persian scholar who translated the works of Omar Khayyám]. [Illustrated by Elsie Keary].

Edité par Published by Sydney Lee Ltd., Exeter First Edition Thus . 1926., 1926

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First edition thus Elsie Keary decorated hard back binding in publisher's original brick red cloth covers, gilt title lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains illustrated frontispiece, title page and decorations. Rubáiyát over unnumbered pages carrying the 158 quatrains of Edward Heron-Allen's prose translation of the oldest known manuscript of the original, i.e. the Ousely Ms. preserved in the Bodleian Library at Oxford dated A.D. 1460. In Very Good clean condition with light rubbing to the tips. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

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• Titre: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám | The Literal Translation of the Ousley Ms. At Oxford with a Rendering into English Verse by C. S. Tute
• Éditeur: Published by Sydney Lee Ltd., Exeter First Edition Thus . 1926.
• Date de parution: 1926
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: Assez bon