Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Fourth Edition, with Notes, Together with a Tribute in Quatrain by Andrew Lang, and a Brief Biography of Both Poet and Translator

Khayyam, Omar; Fitzgerald, Edward; Lang, Andrew

Published by Alex Grosset and Company, 1899

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Fourth edition. 1899 Hard Cover. 117 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles, decorations, and rules. Illustrations by Gilbert James. Includes a biographical preface, a poem entitled To Omar Khayyam by Andrew Lang, a biography of Omar Khayyam by Edward Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald's fourth rendition of the Rubaiyat, and notes. "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is the title that Edward Fitzgerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, originally written in the Persian language and of which there are about a thousand, attributed to Omar Khayyám (1048?1123), a Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer. A Persian ruba'i is a two line stanza with two parts (or hemistechs) per line, hence the word "Rubaiyat", (derived from the Arabic root word for 4), meaning "quatrains". Seller Inventory # 2331914

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Title: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Fourth Edition, ...

Publisher: Alex Grosset and Company

Publication Date: 1899

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: Fourth Edition.