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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM, THE ASTRONOMER-POET OF PERSIA
by Omar Khayyam
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- Condition
- Minor rubbing, light soiling, but sound and VG+
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, printed at the Riverside Press, 1886. Edward Fitzgerald translation. Minor rubbing, light soiling, but sound and VG+. Edward Fitzgerald translation. Quarto. (12 5/8"). Unpaged. Illustrated by Elihu Vedder - every page with florid pictures with embedded text. Bound in gray cloth over beveled boards, t.e.g., the cover and spine with elaborate designs in gilt and black by Vedder. This quarto more scarce than the octavo or folio editions.
Potter 202.
Potter 202.
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- Title
- RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM, THE ASTRONOMER-POET OF PERSIA
- Author
- Omar Khayyam
- Book Condition
- Used - Minor rubbing, light soiling, but sound and VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edward Fitzgerald translation
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin, printed at the Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1886
- Bookseller catalogs
- ILLUSTRATED; RUBAIYATS;
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Glossary
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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