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50277 — Now first completely done into English verse from the Persian in accordance with the original forms with a biographical and critical Introduction by John Payne. London : printed for the Villon Society by private subscription and for private circulation only 1898. Quarto half crushed levant morocco by C. J. Sawyer ruled in gilt spine in compartments with raised bands ruled and ornamented in gilt edges slightly rubbed top edge gilt others uncut pp. lxxi; I; 206 a fine copy of the large paper deluxe edition printed in an unspecified limitation this is copy 24. The Rubaiyat is a collection of poems exploring the human condition attributed to the 12th-century Persian poet astronomer and mathematician Omar Khayyám. The Villon Society published fine quality limited editions of classical literature for its members at the turn of the century. hardcover