Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, [1935].

Price: $225.00

Hardcover. The first and fourth renderings in English Verse. 172pp. Green pebbled cloth. Gilt spine and top edge. Illustrated with tipped in plates by Willy Pogány. Near fine with owner information.

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Item #347391 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Edward FITZGERALD.

Edward FitzGerald
birth name: Edward FitzGerald
born: 3/31/1809
died: 6/14/1883

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English writer, best known for his The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, which, though it is a free adaptation and selection from the 12th-century Persian poet's verses, stands on its own as a classic of English literature. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore