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Jan 01, 2010. Hardcover. New. This is a bilingual fine edition of the ruba'eis by Omar Khayyam Neishaburi rendered into English by Edward Filzgerald with color illumination throughly.
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Ruba'iyat-e Khayyam. Bilingual Persian & English Edition Hardcover -
by Khayyam, Omar and Fitzgerald, Edward
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- Title Ruba'iyat-e Khayyam. Bilingual Persian & English Edition
- Author Khayyam, Omar and Fitzgerald, Edward
- Binding Hardcover
- Date Jan 01,
- ISBN 9789643360337
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Ruba'iyat-e Khayyam. Bilingual Persian & English Edition
by Khayyam, Omar and Fitzgerald, Edward
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- 9789643360337 / 9643360334
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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM (English & Persian)
by Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzGerald
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- Hardcover
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- Used - Fine
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- First, one-off, commissioned piece
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9789643360337 / 9643360334
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This is one of a limited-edition run of a commissioned book, of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the book of poetry attributed to the 'astronomer poet' of Persia, who died in 1131. It uses the translation of Edward FitzGerald (1809-1883).The book may have been created c 2010. According to a statement in the book, it was created by Mohammadi Hosseinpour for a client, whose name is stated in the book. Hosseinpour apparently intended to market it and set up a website for it but that site is long gone. It has an ISBN sticker but that number is not attached to any book. The sticker can be removed. I have only been able to find one other copy of it.
It is printed in English and Persian. In keeping with the Persian language's right-to-left reading, it is (to us) back-to-front: Image 1 is the Persian cover, which is what we think of as the back cover. Image 2 is the English cover, which is what we think of as the front cover.
The client spared no expense to produce this book. Every page is heavily illustrated… Read More
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