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The Sufistic quatrains of Omar Khayyam in definitive form / including the translations of Edward Fitzgerald (101 quatrains) with Edward Heron-Allen's analysis, E.H. Whinfield (500 quatrains), J.B. Nicolas (464 quatrains) ; with prefaces by each translator and a general introduction dealing with Omar's place in Sufism ; by Robert Arnot.
LIBRA Special PK6516 .F58 1903
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Omar Khayyam.
- Series:
- Universal classics library
- Language:
- English
- Persian
- Subjects (All):
- Sufi poetry.
- FitzGerald, Edward, 1809-1883.
- Penn Provenance:
- Lewis, Carl Seebach (bookplate) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 1)
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- xxiii pages, 1 leaf, 394 pages : including color frontispiece 2 plates ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : M.W. Dunne, [1903]
- Contents:
- General introduction [by Robert Arnot]
- Introduction to the first edition of Edward Fitzgerald's translation of the quatrains of Omar Khayyam.
- The complete Fitzgerald first edition.
- An analysis of Edward Fitzgerald's translation (fifth edition), by Edward Heron-Allen.
- Variations between the second, third and fourth editions of Fitzgerald's translation.
- Comparative table of stanzas in the four editions of Fitzgerald.
- The quatrains of Omar Khayyam translated by E.H. Whinfield. E.H. Whinfield translation.
- The quatrains of Omar Khayyam translated into prose from the French version of Monsieur J.B. Nicolas. Translation of the Nicolas text [by Robert Arnot].
- Notes:
- Title within colored ornamental border ; first edition.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 1 has ms. note on front flyleaf: "Omar, - 'dram-draining droning drivelling dotard'".
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 1 has ms. notes in margins and blank pages.
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 1 has bookplate on front pastedown: "Carl Seebach Lewis".
- Other Format:
- Online version: Omar Khayyam. Sufistic quatrains of Omar Khayyam in definitive form.
- OCLC:
- 1919545
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