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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered into English Verse [By Edward FitzGerald]
by Khayyam, Omar
- Used
- Condition
- Original printed wrappers. Minor soiling to back wrapper, faintest wear at top of front wrapper (tiny closed tear), internally c
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About This Item
London: Bernard Quaritch, Piccadilly, 1868. Second edition. pp. xvii, 30. 1 vols. Square 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Minor soiling to back wrapper, faintest wear at top of front wrapper (tiny closed tear), internally clean and bright. Bookplate. Near fine copy in morocco backed slipcase and cloth wrapper. Second edition. pp. xvii, 30. 1 vols. Square 8vo. 'And Wilderness is Paradise enow': Second Edition, in Wrappers. The best known of FitzGerald's works, his Rubáiyát of Omar Khayaym was almost entirely overlooked at its first appearance. D. G. Rossetti and Swinburne were among the earliest "believers." Borges has written of the "fortuitous conjunction" between the Persian astonomer and the Englishman who produced "a continuous and organic book that would begin with images of morning, the rose, and the nightingale, and end with those of night and the tomb."
For this edition, printed in 500 copies, FitzGerald prepared versions of 110 quatrains (the 1859 first edition contained 75; and later editions settled on 101 poems). With long American provenance, Saratoga Springs collector W.L. Rich (1920s); and Little Rock collector Allsopp, who had a presentation copy of the 1859 first edition, sold in his sale in 1946.
Handsome copy of this landmark of world literature, in original condition. Potter 129; Prideaux pp. 27-28; Chronological List, (Caxton Club, 1899), p. 13. Provenance: W. L. Rich, Saratoga Springs (bookplate); F. W. Allsopp (his sales at Parke Bernet, 1946-7: 4 Dec. 1946, lot 244, $55)
For this edition, printed in 500 copies, FitzGerald prepared versions of 110 quatrains (the 1859 first edition contained 75; and later editions settled on 101 poems). With long American provenance, Saratoga Springs collector W.L. Rich (1920s); and Little Rock collector Allsopp, who had a presentation copy of the 1859 first edition, sold in his sale in 1946.
Handsome copy of this landmark of world literature, in original condition. Potter 129; Prideaux pp. 27-28; Chronological List, (Caxton Club, 1899), p. 13. Provenance: W. L. Rich, Saratoga Springs (bookplate); F. W. Allsopp (his sales at Parke Bernet, 1946-7: 4 Dec. 1946, lot 244, $55)
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- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 313870
- Title
- Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered into English Verse [By Edward FitzGerald]
- Author
- Khayyam, Omar
- Format/Binding
- Pp. xvii, 30. 1 vols. Square 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original printed wrappers. Minor soiling to back wrapper, faintest wear at top of front wrapper (tiny closed tear), internally c
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- Bernard Quaritch, Piccadilly
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1868
- Keywords
- American
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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