Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
by KHAYYAM, Omar [Edward Fitzgerald]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Hodder, 1913. Book. Illus. by Rene Bull. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. Large quarto.[Unpaginated], [n.d.][10 tipped-in colour plates within gilt printed frames]]. Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated in Colour and in Line by Rene Bull. Nineteen mounted colour plates as headpieces, decorations; line drawings printed in blue. Tissue guard to frontis, not to the other colour plates. First edition with these illustrations. Heavy spotting to the end pages and a scattering within, all plates present and clean. Wear, dulling and rubbing to the original cloth boards. A solid copy. .
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
- Kelleher Rare Books (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013148
- Title
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
- Author
- KHAYYAM, Omar [Edward Fitzgerald]
- Illustrator
- Rene Bull
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, FIRST EDITION,KHAYYAM, Omar [Edward Fitzgerald],rene bull
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- Quarto
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- Gilt
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