Collecting editions of the rubaiyat of omar khayyam. Hardback clothbound with highly decorative gilt tooled and printed embossed cover and spine. In his time, he was most famous as a mathematician, but today he is mostly known for his poetry. Splendidly illustrated edition by willy pogany, with color frontispiece, 11 fullpage mounted color plates, numerous decorative line cuts and. The bestselling poem of all time, omar khayaams rubaiyat quatrains, was first published in the west in 1859 by translator edward fitzgerald. Rubaiyat of omar khayyam, 1971 grosset and dunlap publishing. The rubaiyat of omar khayyam i have a beautiful old copy of this. Surely, if one were to choose one book to spend a lifetime collecting, the rubaiyat would be that book. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Part of the 100 greatest books ever written series. Sign up to be notified of upcoming events, special sales, and unique offers.
You are covered by the ebay money back guarantee if you receive an item that is not as described in the listing. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Why did the rubaiyat, a poem written by omar khayyam, a persian polymath. He wrote quatrains, or rubaiyaas, with some estimates of how many reaching as high. The rubaiyat of omar khayyam first edition abebooks. Antiquarian rare books, vintage books, secondhand books. Add or remove collections home illuminated manuscripts and rare illustrated books rubaiyat of omar khayyam reference url share. Within the collection, 4,000 volumes were rare books and first editions. We do our best to provide good quality books for you to read, but there.
A number of auspicious events were necessary for this phenomenon to occur. Collecting editions of the rubaiyat of omar khayyam bibliology. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. This by edward fitzgerald, omar khayyam is available at bauman rare books. To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, im or document to embed the entire object, paste this html in. The rubaiyat of omar khayyam manhattan rare book company. Isbn 97818403783 97818403783 softcover, grange books plc, 2001. The rubaiyat of omar khayyam is said to be one of the ten best known poems in the world, and probably the most popular piece of oriental literature in the western world.
One such example is edmund dulacs 1909 illustrated edition of the book. Rubaiyat of omar khayyam manhattan rare book company. Book condition used quantity available 1 binding hardcover publisher london. Additional 9 tipped in full page plates with tissue guards as called for. Rubaiyat of omar khayyam, the astronomer poet of persia. Beautiful edition of this classic with text in persian, urdu, japanese, arabic, and french.
Full colour tipped in illustrated frontispiece with printed gold border, and captioned tissue guard. Isbn 9781481965798 9781481965798 softcover, createspace independent publishing platform, 20. Translated by edward fitzgerald by khayyam, omar and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Beautiful rubaiyat, illustrated by pogany, in publishers deluxe morocco binding pogany, willy khayyam, omar. Find great deals on ebay for rubaiyat omar khayyam book.
Forgotten books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Rubaiyat of omar khayyam franklin library omar khayyam. In 1909, two london bookbinders were commissioned to create a book that would become one of. It is intended to be a repository for rubaiyat editions, art, and other media related to this wonderful book of poetry. It is leather bound with gold embossing, with orientalfold printing so that each page is printed on only one side. Rubaiyat of omar khayyam, the astronomerpoet of persia. The rubaiyat of omar khayyam first edition rare book. Rubaiyat of omar khayyam rubaiyat of omar khayyam a large book, 260mm x 195mm, comprising the edward fitzgerald translation of the rubaiyat in 152 pages, including 38 tippedin colour illustrations in art deco style by ronald balfour, and many more linedrawn illustrations within the text, mostly topless or nude females. Buy rubaiyat of omar khayyam and get the best deals. A superbly bound and illustrated edition of the rubaiyat of omar khayyam, number 43 of 525 copies printed on japon vellum and signed by willy pogany. Rubaiyat of omar khayyam, by omar khayyam and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Fitzgerald, edward and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Old books vintage books rubaiyat of omar khayyam book binder beautiful. The first and fourth renderings in english verse by edward fitzgerald.
This by omar khayyam, frank brangwyn is available at bauman rare books. All editions included on this website are ones that i have personally collected, complete with metadata such as publisher, year. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact. This website is dedicated to the rubaiyat of omar khayyam, translated by edward fitzgerald. Rubaiyat of omar khayyam book second edition by edward. The rubaiyat is a group of quatrains translated from the persian by edward fitzgerald, written by omar khayyam in the 1100s. Quarto, publishers full russet crushed morocco, elaborately giltdecorated spine, green morocco spine label, leafandtendril gilt and overlaid cover border, top edge gilt, uncut. Being a facsimile of the manuscript in the bodleian library at oxford by edward fitzgerald price. It was a kind of bible for freethinkers, materialists and sensualists robert irwin. Rubaiyat of omar khayyam, the astronomer poet of persia translated into english verse. The rubaiyat of omar khayyam by rubaiyat khayyam, omar.
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A first edition of the 19 edmund sullivan rubaiyat, published by. The rubaiyat of omar khayyam, the astronomer poet of persia. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. Reproduced from a manuscript written, designed and illuminated by f. Translated into english verse by edward fitzgerald. The rubaiyat of omar khayyam this book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. Rubaiyat of omar khayyam signed 1st edition very rare. Book fitzgerald rubaiyat of omar khayyam 1905 macmillan reprint of first edition. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. Small octavo, bound by bayntun in full red morocco, central panel on upper cover with dark brown, tan, green, and cream onlays depicting a male figure within gilt borders with green and purple onlays of leaves and grapes, raised bands, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, the others.
Vintage book covers, vintage books, old books, antique books, i love books. The misprint on page 4 corrected in manuscript by edward fitzgerald. The elaborate contemporary binding by ramage features dark green morocco inlaid in a padeloupstyle mosaic pattern, covers bordered with thin. Excerpts from his wellloved version appear here, accompanied by bird parliament, a delightful work by khayyams contemporary, the influential mystic poet farrid uddin attar. Slim, square octavo, original half brown morocco gilt, maroon cloth boards, uncut.
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