Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám / Edward FitzGerald's translation ; with twelve illustrations by Blanche MacManus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Omar Khayyam, author.

Contributor:

MacManus, Blanche, illustrator.

FitzGerald, Edward, 1809-1883, translator.

De La More Press, printer, publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Saint George series ; no. 6

Standardized Title:

Rubāʻīyāt. English

Language:

English

Persian

Subjects (All):

Persian poetry.

Genre:

Annotations (Provenance) -- 20th century.

Private press books (Printing)

Physical Description:

[38] pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

8vo.

Contained In:

Fruit of the spirit. 31198066063566

Place of Publication:

London : At the De La More Press, 1920.

Notes:

Title in decorative border.

"The first translation or paraphrase by Edward FitzGerald of the Rubáiyát, of which this is a reprint, was published in 1859. The foregoing text has been carefully collated with the original edition, and printed at the De La More Press."--Colophon.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy bound with: Forde, H.A. Fruit of the spirit. London: De La More Press, 1919 (Item 6 of 6)

Cited in:

Potter, Ambrose G. Bibliography of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 114 (main entry)

OCLC:

24089846