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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
by FITZGERALD, Edward (translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in a Near Fine slipcase
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Heritage Club, (1946). Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Arthur Szyk. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") in pictorial boards. An original publication of the Heritage Press. Illustrated with 8 full-page color plates by Arthur Szyk
Synopsis
he Moving Finger writes; and, having writ Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.' In the 'rubaiyat' (short epigrammatic poems) of the medieval Persian poet, mathematician, and philosopher Omar Khayyam, Edward Fitzgerald saw an unflinching challenge to the illusions and consolations of mankind in every age. His version of Omar is neither a translation nor an independent poem; sceptical of divine providence and insistent on the pleasure of the passing moment, its 'Orientalism' offers FitzGerald a powerful and distinctive voice, in whose accents a whole Victorian generation comes to life. Although the poem's vision is bleak, it is conveyed in some of the most beautiful and haunting images in English poetry - and some of the sharpest- edged. The poem sold no copies at all on its first appearance in 1859, yet when it was 'discovered' two years later its first admirers included Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Swinburne, and Ruskin. Daniel Karlin's richly annotated edition does justice to the scope and complexity of FitzGerald's lyrical meditation on 'human death and fate'.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000397
- Title
- RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
- Author
- FITZGERALD, Edward (translator)
- Illustrator
- Arthur Szyk
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in a Near Fine slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Heritage Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1946)
- Keywords
- Color Plates, Poetry, Literature, Heritage Press, Illustrated Books, Arthur Szyk
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century British Literature; Heritage Press; Arabic Literature; Arthur Szyk;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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