Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald
Hodder & Stoughton, 1909.
First edition with illustrations by Dulac. 4to. White cloth with gilt lettering and design. Olive pictorial design to the endpapers. Twenty mounted colour plates under tissue guards, the illustrations are in wonderful rich colours and suit the mood of this verse so well. A bright copy, with one section reinserted and half title misbound.
The Rubáiyát was originally written in Persian by Omar Khayyam, a poet, mathematician and astronomer. This translation by Edward Fitzgerald made the poem popular with an international audience, written in quatrains the verse is a spirited and philosophcal celebration of life, love and fine wine. The dreamlike drawings by Edmund Dulac serve as a perfect foil to the text.
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Stock ID: 43028
