Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
by Khayyam, Omar; Fitzgerald, Edward (Translated by)
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
New York: Heritage Press, 1946. 1 volume (unpaged), [8] leaves of plates, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Text and plates printed on folded leaves in Japanese style. Colour plates on glossy paper. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to boards, age toning. "The illustrations for this edition were drawn in colour and gold by Arthur Szyk, and engraved in London by the Sun Engraving Company. The text set . . . under the direction of Ernest Ingham at Fanfare Press, in London." - Colophon. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by Szyk, Arthur. 4to.
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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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 121388
- Title
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
- Author
- Khayyam, Omar; Fitzgerald, Edward (Translated by)
- Illustrator
- Szyk, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; Middle Eastern / Arabic & Persian; Genre & Subject / Orientalism;
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