Book #123493

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Edward Fitzgerald

Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Publisher: Garden City, New York: Garden City Books, 1952.

Price: $50.00

A mildly edgeworn edition in Nearly Fine condition housed in a price-clipped alike dust-jacket with slight wear to the upper edges by the spine.

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is a collection of poetry that is often regarded as one of the greatest works of Persian literature. The poems are contemplative and often romantic, and are full of rich imagery. The book was originally published in 1259, and was translated into English by Fitzgerald in the 1920s.; 8vo; 191 pages.