One Hundred Quatrains from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
1899977H17New York: Brothers of the Book 1899 . Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A limited edition of Elizabeth Alden Curtis"s Rubáiyát rendering offering a poetic reinterpretation of Omar Khayyám"s classic quatrains. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. This volume is a limited edition of Elizabeth Alden Curtis"s rendering of the Rubáiyát being copy number five hundred and eighty eight of six hundred copies.The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is a celebrated collection of quatrains attributed to the 11th-century Persian poet and philosopher Omar Khayyám made famous in the West through Edward FitzGerald"s 1859 English translation.Elizabeth Alden Curtis later Holman was an American poet and translator. Among her literary projects she worked on a poetic rendering of the Rubáiyát as well as The Lament of Baba Tahir in 1902. In the publisher's original green cloth. Externally sound. Discolouration and fading to extremities. The odd slight handling mark. Slight spots of damp staining to front board. Spine faded. Rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight offsetting to endpapers with one or two spots. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot and handling mark heavier to first and last few leaves. Good Brothers of the Book hardcover
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