Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
by Omar Khayyam
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair./No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Miller Place, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1894. Gray cloth, beveled edges, black & gilt-decorated cover. Fair./No Dust Jacket. Drawings by Elihu Vedder.. The Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. 60 pages, rear page missing. Wear and fraying to covers, some soiling to pages.
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
- Monkey House Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6224
- Title
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
- Author
- Omar Khayyam
- Illustrator
- Drawings by Elihu Vedder.
- Format/Binding
- Gray cloth, beveled edges, black & gilt-decorated cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair.
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1894
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Monkey House Books
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Miller Place, New York
About Monkey House Books
Monkey House Books is a mail order, used book dealer located on New York's Long Island. We offer quality used books in a variety of categories at reasonable prices. A home-based business managed by a lifelong bibliophile, Monkey House offers personalized assistance and friendly customer service. For the holidays, or anytime, we provide gift wrapping and recipient shipping upon request. We ship within 24 hours of receiving payment, and packages are wrapped and boxed using recycled/reused materials.
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