Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
1947, New Edition. London ; Glasgow : Collins. Near fine copy in contemporary gilt-blocked red cloth boards, faintly worn at the extremities, and now in a plastic sleeve. One blank at the front and one at the rear shadow-stained from the sleeve. Later reader inscription (1980) to front free endpaper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #468631
Physical description; 221, [1] pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Robert Stewart Sherriffs. Introduction by Laurence Housman. "This book contains the First, Second and Fifth editions in full, together with the textual variants in the Third and Fourth editions." Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Persian poetry – Translations into English. Arabic poetry – Translations into English. Quatrains, Persian. 11th century. 19th century. Illustrated.
Price: €21.00