Edward FitzGerald's Rubā`iyāt of Omar Khayyām : with their original Persian sources /
Omar Khayyam
Category
Books
Date
1899
Materials
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3193559
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvi, 163 p., [1] plate : front. ; 26 cm. Loosely inserted (p.23) typescript letter in Arabic, signed in ink, with header device of lion passant holding sword, surmounted by coronet, with name in roman script: The Honourbale Victoria Mary Nicolson. Minor pencil text marking. Provenance: pastedown inscribed "V.N. / Long Barn 1926" [i.e. Vita [Sackville-West] Nicolson, 1892-1962]. Binding: green publisher's cloth, lettered and decorated in gold.
Makers and roles
Omar Khayyam Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883), editor Edward Heron-Allen (1861-1943), compiler Ella Hallward, illustrator