Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer of Persia.

£200.00

WRIGHT, William Aldis (edited by) SKU: 20789

Rendered into English verse

London: Macmillan, 1903.

Golden Treasury edition, reprint. Sm 8vo. pp [6], 111, [1]; rubricated titlepage. Bound by Morrell in dark brown half calf over pale blue cloth, highly gilt ornate spine with raised bands and lovely Art Deco-style lettering. Gilt single filet down length of boards and across the corner sections. A very attractive copy of the famous Persian mystical poem, this is the full text of the 75 quatrains published in FitzGerald's first edition of 1861.