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Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat. First edition.

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Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat. First edition.
<B>Omar Khayyam. </B></I><B><I>Rubaiyat</B></I></B></I><B>.</B></I> Boston: James Osgood and Company, 1878. <BR>First American edition. Twelvemo. 78 pages.<BR><BR>Brown cloth stamped and lettered in gilt and black. Wear to spine, moderate rubbing and bumping of cover edges and corners. Hinges a bit loose. Interior leaves are lightly foxed, else in very good condition. Former owner's inscription on flyleaf, other handwritten notations.<BR><BR>Khayyam is best known for his poetry, although he was also a great mathematician, philosopher and astronomer. Khayyam's original quatrains (<I>rubaiyaas</B></I>) became popular through Edward Fitzgerald's re-created/enhanced translation.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)