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THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald, trans
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
8vo in cloth. Unpaginated. Four tipped-in color illustrations, including frontis. VG-. Moderate wear to boards. Binding is strong. Text block is clean and tight. Interior is pristine. No writing or markings of any kind. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in a box.
Synopsis
Philosopher, astronomer and mathematician, Khayyam as a poet possesses a singular originality. His poetry is richly charged with evocative power and offers a view of life characteristic of his stormy times, with striking relevance to the present day.
Reviews
On May 16 2016, a reader said:
With Paintings and Decorations by Sarkis Katchadourian, born in Iran, where he recreated romantic frescoes in old palaces, he then trained in Rome, continued in Paris and then later in Munich. It is really fitting that this cosmopolitan artist's original paintings reproduced in bright colors and the black and white line drawings take you there celebrate under a bough with a book of verse and flask of wine you are magically drawn in and there drinking in the words of the poet.... drunk on the verse.
On Sep 11 2011, WonderPony said:
Fantastic poetry from 11th century Persia as translated by a depressed Englishman going through a divorce in 1859. The first translation is by far the best but it is interesting to get several of them and compare. I'm not a huge poetry fan but I love the simplicity, imagery and strange allegories Omar Khayyam writes about. He was apparently a big fan of the wine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Time
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 060721-17
- Title
- THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
- Author
- Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald, trans
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Dodge Publishing Co.
- Date Published
- 1916
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Brattleboro, Vermont
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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