Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

[Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám]; [Khayyam, Omar]; Edward Fitzgerald, [Tr.]

Verlag: Joseph Knight Company / L.C. Page and Company, Boston, 1896

Beschreibung

2 vol. 8vo. [9], x-clxxix, [4], 3-203, [3]; [5], vi, [3], 208-597, [3] pp. Orange cloth with gilt lettering and black decorations on the front board and spine; top edges gilt. Title pages printed in red and black. Volume one illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Edward Fitzgerald; volume two with a frontispiece portrait of a German translator. English, French, and German translations comparatively arranged in accordance with the text of Edward Fitzgerald's version. With further selections, notes, biographies, a bibliography, and other material collected and edited by Nathan Haskell Dole. An attractive set of an epic and beautiful poem. This edition modeled after the limited edition published by Joseph Knight Company, the primary difference is, this edition is unnumbered and the L.C. Page imprint is on the foot of the spines. A small tear to one leaf in volume one, both front hinges slightly strained. Several gatherings unopened. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000010968

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

Verlag: Joseph Knight Company / L.C. Page and Company, Boston

Erscheinungsdatum: 1896

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good+

Auflage: Reprint.