FITZGERALD, Edward (translator)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Name: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Brand: FITZGERALD, Edward (translator)
SKU: 123306
Price: 750.00 GBP
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translated by Edward Fitzgerald with an introduction by A.C. Benson. Reproduced from a Manuscript written and illuminated by F. Sangorski & G. Sutcliffe.

Stock Code 123306

Siegle, Hill & Co, London c.1910.

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A highly regarded facsimile with charming illustrations by E.Geddes and A. Sutcliffe reproduced from Sangorski & Sutcliffe's The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam which was iconic iconic for its opulent, early 20th-century jeweled bindings. The most famous "The Great Omar" was lost on the Titanic. Arabic scholar Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883) was the first translator and author of five separate English versions of the Rubaiyat

First trade edition. 4to (31 x 24 cm),12 full page colour plates, numerous illustrations in text, decorated endpapers, slight toning to a few pages at the front and rear; bound in later half red morocco gilt, spine gilt lettered, raised bands; a very good copy.

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