The Quatrains of Omar Khayyam of Nishapur

contributor Nathan Haskell Dole (Chelsea, Massachusetts, 1852 - 1935, Yonkers, New York)

author Omar Khayyam (Nishabur, Persia, 1048 - 1131, Nishabur, Persia)

translator Eben Francis Thompson (Worcester, 1859 - 1939, Worcester)

printer Commonwealth Press (active Worcester, Massachusetts, 1911 - 1989)

Date1906

MediumPrinted ink on paper

Dimensions25.4 x 17.1 x 4.4 cm (10 x 6 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number10.c.2.7

eMuseum ID725562

EmbARK ObjectID19232

TMS Source ID6690

Last Updated8/9/24

Descriptionxiv, [2], 290 p., [1] p. of plates: front. (port.), plate (facsim.); 25 cm (HathiTrust rec #010823654)

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.

MarksNotesInscribed in black ink (on front end paper): To / Mrs Gardner / with respectful compliments / of / the translator / Worcester Massachusetts / April 10 1918
Illustrated with a photograph by an unknown photographer.

ProvenanceNotesGift from translator Eben Francis Thompson (1859-1939) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 10 April 1918.