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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám the Astronomer-Poet of Persia
Illustrated by: Elihu Vedder (American, 1836–1923)
Author: Omar Khayyám (Persian, 1048–1122)
Translator: Edward Fitzgerald (British, 1809–1883)
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Co. (American, founded in 1880)
Printer: Riverside Press (American, founded in 1852)
Author: Omar Khayyám (Persian, 1048–1122)
Translator: Edward Fitzgerald (British, 1809–1883)
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Co. (American, founded in 1880)
Printer: Riverside Press (American, founded in 1852)
1894
Place of Publication: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with photomechanical halftone relief prints
Dimensions
Overall: 21.5 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/2 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number1983.490
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1894
Description(Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1894) 21.5 cm; [30 ff.] 61 pp.; original publisher's dark brown- and gilt-stamped brown cloth.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow (1850-1926), by whom bequeathed to MFA [accessioned November 9, 1983].