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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Also Salaman and Absal, Notice of Jami's life & Allegory and appendix
by Edward Fitzgerald
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- Condition
- Very Good+/Slip case Good
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Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
The Astronomer Poet of PersiaTranslated by Edward Fitzgerald
Published by Collins clear type press (no-date stated) Inscription for 1938
With an introduction by Laurence Housman.Also includes - the introduction to the first edition, and Salaman and Absal, Notice of Jami's life & Allegory and appendix
Beautiful illustrations by Margaret R. Caird
Condition status: This book is in very good plus condition, no tears or creases and nice, clean and tidy throughout. Some wear to the end of the book mark tassel. Maroon cloth covers with no issues. The slip case has a little edge wear but no splits. 255 pages
The Astronomer Poet of PersiaTranslated by Edward Fitzgerald
Published by Collins clear type press (no-date stated) Inscription for 1938
With an introduction by Laurence Housman.Also includes - the introduction to the first edition, and Salaman and Absal, Notice of Jami's life & Allegory and appendix
Beautiful illustrations by Margaret R. Caird
Condition status: This book is in very good plus condition, no tears or creases and nice, clean and tidy throughout. Some wear to the end of the book mark tassel. Maroon cloth covers with no issues. The slip case has a little edge wear but no splits. 255 pages
Synopsis
he Moving Finger writes; and, having writ Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.' In the 'rubaiyat' (short epigrammatic poems) of the medieval Persian poet, mathematician, and philosopher Omar Khayyam, Edward Fitzgerald saw an unflinching challenge to the illusions and consolations of mankind in every age. His version of Omar is neither a translation nor an independent poem; sceptical of divine providence and insistent on the pleasure of the passing moment, its 'Orientalism' offers FitzGerald a powerful and distinctive voice, in whose accents a whole Victorian generation comes to life. Although the poem's vision is bleak, it is conveyed in some of the most beautiful and haunting images in English poetry - and some of the sharpest- edged. The poem sold no copies at all on its first appearance in 1859, yet when it was 'discovered' two years later its first admirers included Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Swinburne, and Ruskin. Daniel Karlin's richly annotated edition does justice to the scope and complexity of FitzGerald's lyrical meditation on 'human death and fate'.
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- Bookseller
- Ivebux2
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #126rubaiyat
- Title
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
- Author
- Edward Fitzgerald
- Illustrator
- Margaret R. Caird
- Format/Binding
- Maroon cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Slip case Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Collins clear type press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- C1938
- Pages
- 255
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Beautiful illustrations by Margaret R. Caird
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About the Seller
Ivebux2
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Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
About Ivebux2
I specialize in Antiquarian and collectible books, often rare or unusual, I have been dealing for over 17 years, new stock arriving monthly.
I also repair tired old bindings, cloth damage, leather damage, not loose boards however, this will be mentioned in my description.
I also repair tired old bindings, cloth damage, leather damage, not loose boards however, this will be mentioned in my description.
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