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Author Omar Khayyam, author.

Title Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám / rendered in English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. The text of the first edition, illustrated by Arthur Szyk.

Publication Info. New York : The Heritage Press, [1946]
©1946

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 Manchester, Main Library - Basement Materials  891 Q    Check Shelf
Description 1 volume (unpaged), 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Note Text and plates printed on folded leaves in Japanese style. Color plates on glossy paper.
Reissue of first edition published in 1940 by Heritage Press--George Macy publishing website.
Issued with Heritage Club Sandglass newsletter numbers 1:36R.
"The illustrations for this edition were drawn in colour and gold by Arthur Szyk, and engraved in London by the Sun Engraving Company. The text set....under the direction of Ernest Ingham at Fanfare Press, in London."--Colophon.
Binding Quarter bound publisher's blue cloth over cream boards with blue decoration, gilt lettering on spine. In gold slipcase.
Subject Persian poetry -- Translations into English.
Persian poetry. (OCoLC)fst01058542
Indexed Term Persian poetry
Genre/Form Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
Poetry.
Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
Added Author FitzGerald, Edward, 1809-1883, translator.
Szyk, Arthur, 1894-1951, illustrator.
Ingham, Ernest, 1894-1976, compositor.
Heritage Press (New York, N.Y.), publisher.
Sun Engraving Co., engraver.
Fanfare Press, printer.
George Macy Companies, Inc.
Other Form: Online version: Omar Khayyam. Rubāʼīyat. English. Rubáiyát. The text of the 1st ed. illustrated by Arthur Szyk. New York, Heritage Press [©1946] (OCoLC)651857910
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