The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer Poet of Persia. Translated into English Verse.
Rare Second Edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer Poet of Persia. Translated into English Verse.
TRANSLATED BY EDWARD FITZGERALD,.
Item Number: 7891
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1859.
Rare second edition of The Rubayait. Octavo, original wrappers. One of only 500 copies printed. Housed in a full morocco custom clamshell case. The second edition contains 110 quatrains whereas the 1859 first edition contained only 75. “Its importance from the collector’s standpoint is but little less than that of the princeps. From a literary point of view it is quite the equal of the first edition” (Mosher, Rubaiyat, 1902, p 10). In near fine condition with light wear to the extremities.
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