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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
by Omar Khayyam
- Used
- Condition
- Fine with remnants of spider webb glassine and original box. The box soiled with two split corners
- Seller
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Paris, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Johnck, Kibbee & Company, 1926. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Fine with remnants of spider webb glassine and original box. The box soiled with two split corners. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. 4to. Unpaged. Illustrated by Lawrence A. Patterson with eight full pages plates in art deco style, all but the frontispiece with small vignette on the verso. With A Critical Analysis by David Anderson. In publisher's lightly marbled full parchment vellum over boards with gilt cover title. Scarce. Not found in Potter or Coumans.
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
- First Folio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22533
- Title
- RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
- Author
- Omar Khayyam
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine with remnants of spider webb glassine and original box. The box soiled with two split corners
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Translated by Edward Fitzgerald
- Publisher
- Johnck, Kibbee & Company
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1926
- Bookseller catalogs
- ILLUSTRATED; RUBAIYATS;
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About the Seller
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Paris, Tennessee
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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