first edition Hardcover
1955 · London
by Omar Khayyam
London: Rodale Press, 1955. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Persian poetry; [30] pages of text. Hardcover binding measures 20.8cm (height); printed paper covers with gold cloth spine, with minor to moderate rubbing to the extremities. Minor tape stains on flyleaves. Contains color illustrations. Facsimile signature of illustrator on the title page. Edward Fitzgerald (1809-83) translator. Ghiyas al-Din Abu al-Fath Omar ibn Ibrahim al-Khayyam ca1050-1123, known as The Tentmaker, philosopher, mathematician, astronomer; rubaiyat: plural of quatrain..
(Inventory #: 6128baM)