The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám -
Omar Khayyám, Gilbert James (Illustrator)
1901 - New Amsterdam Book Company, New York - One of Fifty Copies. Fourth Edition with notes
Come fill the cup, and in the fire of spring
Your winter garment of repentance fling: The bird of time has but a little way To flutter – and the bird is on the wing. An exquisitely rendered edition of the Persian poem of life, written by the renowned 11th century philosopher, poet, mathematician, and astronomer Omar Khayyám. Number fifteen of fifty copies printed on deckle-edged paper, illustrated from drawings by Gilbert James two of which (the frontispiece and title) are heavily embellished in gilt, the remaining fourteen are water-coloured by hand on Japan vellum, also accompanied with an extra set of the illustrations in black and white on Japan vellum. Hand numbered and signed by the New Amsterdam Book Company. Enhanced by a biographical preface by Michael Kerney, Andrew Lang’s ‘To Omar Khayyám’, Edward Fitzgerald’s ‘Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia’, and copious notes to the rear.  More Details
Price: HK$ 12,000 |
