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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Arthur Szyk illustrations, Easton Press full leather Title: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám Author: translated from the Persian by Edward Fitzgerald Published: 1976, The Easton Press, Norwalk CT Illustrated: Color and gold engravings by Arthur Szyk About: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his 1859 translation from Persian to English of a selection of quatrains attributed to Omar Khayyam, dubbed "the Astronomer-Poet of Persia". Poetry verse on the philosophy of life as seen by the tentmaker and astromoner, Omar. Physical Description: Burgundy leather over boards with gilt decorative front and spine. Raised bands on spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire endpapers. Bound-in satin ribbon marker. Unmarked Easton Press bookplate inside front board. Pages: (unpaged) Dimensions (inches): 11 x 7.5 Shipping weight: 3 lbs SKU: 5996 Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution