Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam | 1947 Random House Edition | Louis Untermeyer Introduction | Bixley Shop

A beautiful edition of the classic Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam published by Random House in 1947 with an introduction by Louis Untermeyer.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR (Courtesy of Wikipedia)
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is an 1859 translation from Persian to English by Edward FitzGerald of a selection of quatrains (rubāʿiyāt) attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048–1131), dubbed "the Astronomer-Poet of Persia". Although commercially unsuccessful at first, FitzGerald's work was popularised from 1861 onward by Whitley Stokes, and the work came to be greatly admired by the Pre-Raphaelites in England. FitzGerald had a third edition printed in 1872, which increased interest in the work in the United States. By the 1880s, the book was extremely popular throughout the English-speaking world, to the extent that numerous "Omar Khayyam clubs" were formed and there was a "fin de siècle cult of the Rubaiyat". FitzGerald's work has been published in several hundred editions and has inspired similar translation efforts in English, Hindi and in many other languages.

BIXLEY NOTES
• Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
• Introduction by Louis Untermeyer
• Published by Random House, 1947
• Linen, Printed Hardcover, 149 pages
• Measures 9 1/2" x 6"

VINTAGE NOTES
• In great condition
• Slip cover is missing

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