Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám; and The Salámán and Ábsál of Jámí ; / rendered into English verse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Omar Khayyam.

Contributor:

FitzGerald, Edward, 1809-1883., Translator.

Bernard Quaritch (Firm), Publisher.

G. Norman and Son., Printer.

Turner, Evan H., Donor.

Turner, Albert Morton., Former owner.

Benson, W. A. S. (William Arthur Smith), 1854-1924, Former owner.

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Standardized Title:

Rubāʻīyāt. English

Language:

English

Persian

Genre:

Poems -- 1879.

Physical Description:

[4], xv, [1], 112 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.

Other Title:

Poems from the Persian

Place of Publication:

[London] : Bernard Quaritch; 15 Piccadilly, London., 1879.

Notes:

Half title: Poems from the Persian.

Text set within ruled border.

"Notice of Jamí's life": p. [39]-50.

"London: G. Norman and Son, Printers, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden"--T.p. verso.

This is fourth edition of Fitzgerald's translation of Omar and the third of Jamí.

Translation of: Rubāʻīyāt and Salāmān va Absāl.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of: Evan H. Turner (2006) from the collection of Albert Morton Turner (1890-1976).

Athenaeum copy inscribed: W.A.S. Benson, 1883; quarter bound in black morocco over maroon boards with gilt top edge.

Cited in:

Potter, Ambrose G. Bibliography of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, 141

Contains:

Jāmī, 1414-1492. Salāmān va Absāl. English. 1879.

Publisher Number:

PML 132487 GNR 1239