Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam

by Fitzgerald, Edward

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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London: Siegle, Hill & Company, 1910. The Rubaiyat is one of the most popular poems of all time. A collection of quatrains composed in the eleventh century by Persian poet and philosopher Omar Khayyam, it was first published in English-language translation by Edward Fitzgerald in 1859. Since then, its melancholy tone and enigmatic philosophy of mourning the painful brevity… Read more about this item
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London: Hodder & Stoughton [124]p, with twenty colour illustrations. Original full vellum, decorated in gilt to spine and upper cover, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, decorative endpapers. Lacks tie, spine lightly rubbed and slightly faded, internally quite bright and clean. With twenty tissue guarded full page illustrations by Dulac as called for. Limited edition of seven hundred and fifty copies signed… Read more about this item
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London: Siegle, Hill & Co.,, 1910. Attractive full cloth binding elaborately stamped in gilt with a peacock motif. Spine title in gilt in a floral motif. Poetry, beautifully illustrated with 12 magnificent colour plates and illuminated letters by F. Sangorski & G. Sutcliffe. Unpaginated. 310 x 235 mm (12¼ x 9¼ inches). Text in English. Boards rubbed at corners,… Read more about this item
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London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1930. Large 4to., stunningly and elaborately bound by Zaehnsdorf in full green morocco, with gilt borders and cornerpieces, spine with five raised bands lettered and lined in gilt; upper edge gilt, else untrimmed; with elaborate gilt turn-ins and green watered silk endpapers; with frontis and a further 11 mounted coloured plates; along… Read more about this item
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London & Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis, 1919. First Edition. Near Fine. One of 350 specially bound and numbered copies. Publisher's full vellum binding with some mottling and wear. Overall Near Fine with all fifteen of Brangwyn's tipped in illustrations. Housed in a custom quarter morocco slipcase with cloth slipcover. Inscription on the front end paper from Harry D.… Read more about this item
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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,… Read more about this item
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London: Macmillan & Co, 1902. Reissue of the first edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt title to the spine, raised bands, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. In near fine condition, name to the front free endpaper. Eleventh-century Persian poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam… Read more about this item
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1884 Elihu Vedder (1836-1923) was an American Symbolist painter. Many illustrators favor an Orientalist interpretation of the Rubáiyát despite the popularity of the quatrains being more a result of their universality than their exotic qualities. in the ten months from May 1883 to March 1884, Vedder completed a series of 54 drawings in pencil, ink, chalk, and… Read more about this item
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. This is the English translation done by Edward Fitzgerald. Omar Khayyam was considered "the Astronomer-Poet of Persia". He was alive from 1048-1131, so the original works of poetry in this book before their translation were written during that time. The binding is a bit loose, there are two names inscribed on the first page, and… Read more about this item
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Golden Treasury edition. Small octavo. Nicely bound in blue green morocco, a.e.g.; spine with five small flowers; all edges with tiny gilt designs by Morrell London. Fine. 111 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by R & R Clark, Limited, Edinburgh.
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by Fitzgerald, Edward (Translator)

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by Edward Fitzgerald (Omar Khayyam)

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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1909. Hardcover. Orig. light brown cloth spine lettered in gilt, elaborately decorated covers in brown, blue green and tan. Teg. Very good. Pogany, Willy. Unpaginated. 28 x 19.5 cm. 24 full page tipped-in color plates by Willy Pogany with text printed in brown (from English sheets) within decorative borders. Printed by Vincent Brooks,… Read more about this item
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