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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám : the astronomer-poet of Persia

1884
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  • Title: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám : the astronomer-poet of Persia
  • Author: Omar Khayyám (Persian, Neyshabur, Khorasan 1048–1131 Neyshabur, Khorasan)
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
  • Printer: Riverside Press (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
  • Illustrator: Elihu Vedder (American, New York 1836–1923 Rome)
  • Translator: Edward FitzGerald (British, Suffolk 1809–1883 Merton, Norfolk)
  • Date: 1884
  • Geography: Boston, Massachusetts
  • Dimensions: (h x w x d): 44.6 x 39 x 6cm; 17 9/16 x 15 3/8 x 2 3/8 in
  • Object Number: PK6510 .P201 1884 Q
  • Curatorial Department: Thomas J. Watson Library
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