Description

Translated by Edward Fitzgerald and Edited by George F. Maine. Published by Collins of London in 1970. Bound in Limp cover Maroon Faux Leather, with an accompanying slip case, this Reprint copy is in Very Good condition, with the slip case covered in plastic. The size of the book is 193x120x20mm, with 320 pages including a bibliography. op edge gilt, fabric page marker. Single black and white illustration of Edward Fitzgerald on Title page. Clean and well bound. Unobtrusive name of previous owner. Pages lightly tanned. An anthology of three works: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; Euphranor, A dialogue on Youth, ; and Salaman and Absal, an allegory translated from the Persian of Jami; with an introduction by Laurence Housman. Gilt Lettering to the spine.