1919 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Frank buying Brangwyn Illustated

'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' was the title that Edward Fitzgerald gave to his 1859 translation of Khayyam's poems. However, Fitzgerald's translations are fairly loose, he referred to his work on them as 'transmogrification'. Some consider that his translation of 'Rubaiyat' could be considered as Fitzgerald's own original poetry that are simply loosely based on Khayyam's quatrains.

Illustrated with a tipped-in colour frontispiece, and fifteen tipped-in colour plates.

Collated, complete.

Omar Khayyam was a Persian mathematician and astronomer, born in the 2nd Century. He was famously known during his lifetime as a mathematician, and has only earned the reputation of a poet after his death. Of the poems attributed to him, some are doubtful in their authenticity, however he gained great popularity after Fitzgerald's translation was published.

Illustrated by Frank Brangwyn.

Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Condition Report: In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Minor marks to the boards and spine. A little bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Overall: Very buying Good