Rubaiy?t Of Omar Khayy?m. Rendered Into English Verse By Edward Fitzgerald.
£90.00
Publisher
Collins.
Place
London and Glasgow
Date
1947
Synopsis
Illustrated by robert stewart sherriffs. new edition edited by g. f. maine. introduction by laurence housman.
Item Description
Large 8vo. 9.5 x 7 inches. 221 + [1] pp. Bound in original blue cloth with red and gilt decorative title labels on front board and spine. All edges gilt. Extremities worn, including corners and head and tail of sunned spine and a little foxing of flyleaves; otherwise a very good clean copy. 1949 gift inscription on first free endpaper. Illustrated by 12 offset colour plates, including frontispiece. Decorated by publisher's device on title page. The Rubaiyat is based on the paraphrased translation from the Persian of Omar Khayyam (1048-1131), poet, tentmaker and astronomer, made by Edward Fitzgerald. (1809-83). The book contains the First, Second and Fifth editions in full, with variations in the text of the Third and Fourth editions, with an introduction by Laurence Housman. This edition is edited by the Scottish author and editor, George Frederick Maine (1895-1956), and attractively illustrated by Robert Stewart Sheriffs (1906-60), artist and caricaturist.
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