Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1942 1st Edition Hardcover)
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1942 1st Edition Hardcover)
Rubaiyat - noun. (in Persian poetry) a verse form consisting of four-line stanzas.
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his 1859 translation from Persian to English of a selection of quatrains attributed to Omar Khayyam, dubbed "the Astronomer-Poet of Persia".
Published by David McKay Company, Philadelphia,
1942 1st Edition Hardcover
Original publisher's full maroon cloth with gilt titles and medallion on front cover and gilt titles on spine.(The Covers are in a fair/poor condition(see attached pics) but in comparison all the book pages are in a Very Good Plus condition)
- Price drastically reduced as a result of the condition of the book covers.
A lovely vintage classic!
Illustrated with magnificent B&W Art Deco illustrations by Willy Pogany, 16 full-page illustrations as well as nine half-page illustrations and numerous head and tail-pieces and text decoration, including decorated borders on each page. Printed in Beck Gravure by The Beck Engraving Company of Philadelphia and New York.
