Author: KHAYYAM, OMAR
Title: Rubâiyât of Omar Khayyâm : and Persian miniatures / rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald
Description: New York : Miller Graphics 1979. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description: 122 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. Notes: Includes miniatures from the collection of the Reza Abbasi Museum in Tehran. Previous owner's inscription. Summary: The Rubaiyat comprise a series of distinct. four-line stanzas conforming to a fairly consistent pattern. The original choice of rhyme created an unusual juxtaposition of light and serious tones. Thoroughly Epicurean. the poet's philosophical approaches were adopted by many a Western author. Although most of the miniatures illustrating the present volume have been selected to portray some aspect of the poet's visions. they do merit consideration in their own right. particularly as they are generally unfamiliar to the public at large. Many of those featuring in this volume - miniatures from the Reza Abbasi Museum - are being published now only for the first time. The noted British specialist B.W. Robinson provides a succinct description of the main periods of the classic miniature era in his foreword to the present edition. Subject: Miniature painting. Iranian. Other names: FitzGerald. Edward (1809-1883) Muzih-i Riz?a ?Abbasi. Genre: Illustrated. ISBN: 0517282844. Weight in Kg appr.:

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