Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam [in English verse by Edward Fitzgerald] presented by Willy Pogany.
by KHAYYAM, Omar
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
New York & [London]: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [Printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Ltd., Lithographers], [1909]. 4to. [96] pp. Elaborately decorated & illustrated title page in colour, decorated & illustrated borders, rubricated initials in colour lithography throughout, 24 tipped-in colour plates, w/ decorative patterns on verso of thick gray leaves. Quarter-tan ribbed cloth w/ elaborate gilt decoration & lettering over colour-illustrated boards, colour-illustrated endpapers (minor shelfwear, slight bumping to corners), VG bright copy. First edition, thus, with all 24 of the beautifully rendered Pogany illustrations of the famed Persian work, which were published by Harrap the same year. The Quatrains of Khayyam (1048-1122), Court Astronomer to the King of Persia were translated by Edward Fitzgerald, and originally published by Bernard Quaritch.
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
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57023
- Title
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam [in English verse by Edward Fitzgerald] presented by Willy Pogany.
- Author
- KHAYYAM, Omar
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [Printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Ltd., Lithographers],
- Place of Publication
- New York & [London]:
- Date Published
- [1909].
- Keywords
- Poetry, Middle East, Persian Poetry, Illustrated Books, Willy Pogany, Erotica, Colour Printing, Color, Lithographs, Lithography, Vincent Brooks Day & Co., Crowell, Verse, Edward Fitzgerald
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