RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
by Omar Khayyam
- Used
- Condition
- Fine and bright in original box with some wear
- Seller
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Paris, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crowell, n.d.. Fine and bright in original box with some wear. Large 8vo. 173p. Illustrated by Willy Pogany with 12 tipped-in color plates and 45 small pictorial panels in black and gold. Introduction by George Saintsbury. Salmon cloth with titles in gilt and with black and gold paper panel on upper cover, t.e.g. Contains the first and fourth of Edward Fitzgerald's renderings.
Synopsis
Philosopher, astronomer and mathematician, Khayyam as a poet possesses a singular originality. His poetry is richly charged with evocative power and offers a view of life characteristic of his stormy times, with striking relevance to the present day.
Reviews
On May 16 2016, a reader said:
With Paintings and Decorations by Sarkis Katchadourian, born in Iran, where he recreated romantic frescoes in old palaces, he then trained in Rome, continued in Paris and then later in Munich. It is really fitting that this cosmopolitan artist's original paintings reproduced in bright colors and the black and white line drawings take you there celebrate under a bough with a book of verse and flask of wine you are magically drawn in and there drinking in the words of the poet.... drunk on the verse.
On Sep 11 2011, WonderPony said:
Fantastic poetry from 11th century Persia as translated by a depressed Englishman going through a divorce in 1859. The first translation is by far the best but it is interesting to get several of them and compare. I'm not a huge poetry fan but I love the simplicity, imagery and strange allegories Omar Khayyam writes about. He was apparently a big fan of the wine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- First Folio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22248
- Title
- RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
- Author
- Omar Khayyam
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine and bright in original box with some wear
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Crowell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- n.d.
- Bookseller catalogs
- ILLUSTRATED; RUBAIYATS;
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