Edward Fitzgerald's Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyām

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

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

translator Edward FitzGerald (Bredfield, England, 1809 - 1883, Merton, England)

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

Date1907

MediumPrinted ink on paper

Dimensions24.8 x 17.1 x 1.9 cm (9 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 3/4 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number10.c.2.8

eMuseum ID725539

EmbARK ObjectID19233

TMS Source ID6691

Last Updated8/9/24

Descriptionxiii, 148 p., [1] p. of plates : ill., port. ; 25 cm [HathiTrust rec. #010823671)

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 best wishes of / the Editor, / Worcester Massachusetts / 10 April 1918
Inscribed in black ink (on frontispiece tissue): your sincere Friend / Johnson Fitzgerald
Printed on self-adhesive printed label (on back end paper): Fitz / Gerald's / Omar / Khayyam / with / Persian / Text / Thompson
Illustrated with an engraving by S.A. Kinsley

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