Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam - The Astonomer Poet Of Persia
Rendered Into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald
Published by MacMillan And Co Limited: London 1907
"Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīsābūrī[3][4] (18 May 1048 - 4 December 1131), commonly known as Omar Khayyam (Persian: عمر خیّام), was a Persian polymath, known for his contributions to mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, and poetry. He was born in Nishapur, the initial capital of the Seljuk Empire. As a scholar, he was contemporary with the rule of the Seljuk dynasty around the time of the First Crusade.
As a mathematician, he is most notable for his work on the classification and solution of cubic equations, where he provided geometric solutions by the intersection of conics. Khayyam also contributed to the understanding of the parallel axiom 284. As an astronomer, he calculated the duration of the solar year with remarkable precision and accuracy, and designed the Jalali calendar, a solar calendar with a very precise 33-year intercalation cycle: 659 that provided the basis for the Persian calendar that is still in use after nearly a millennium.
There is a tradition of attributing poetry to Omar Khayyam, written in the form of quatrains (rubāʿiyāt رباعیات). This poetry became widely known to the English-reading world in a translation by Edward FitzGerald (
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
, 1859), which enjoyed great success in the Orientalism of the fin de siècle."
Minor fading and wear to cover as shown. Foxing to endpapers only with vast majority of pages very clean and well presented. Contemporary gift inscription as shown. Good to very good condition overall. Please study photos to understand condition. Happy to provide more photos on request.
