The Art of Omar Khayyam
Subtitle: Illustrating FitzGerald's Rubaiyat
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: May 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781845112820
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval; Fitzgerald, Edward, 1809-1883; Illustration Of Books; Poetry; English; Art; Middle Eastern; Poetry / Middle Eastern; Commercial - Illustration; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
First sentence: When Edward FitzGerald published his version of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam in 1859, he could have had absolutely no idea of the 'Omar' publishing industry that would evolve from his action.