Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Omar Khayyam (1048-1131)
Category
Books
Date
1901
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Standen House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 3166954
Summary
Bibliographic description
67, [5] p., [1] leaf of plates :. ill. ;. 15 cm. With many underlinings. Pencil quotation on half-title verso in a different hand to Florence Patchett: "Better, oh better, cancel from the scroll Of Universe one helpless human soul, Than drop by drop enlarge the flood that rolls Hoarser with August as the ages roll. 1868 edition only." Provenance: inscribed "Florence Patchett. Xmas 1902." Binding: publisher's green cloth.
Makers and roles
Omar Khayyam (1048-1131) Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883) Herbert Cole (1867-1930)