1901 1ed Flowers of PERSIAN Poets Omar Khayyam Rubaiyat
1901 1ed Flowers of PERSIAN Poets Omar Khayyam Rubaiyat Bustan Ferdowsi Iran 2v
Persian poetry became popular amongst English-readers at the end of the 19th-century. Author Nathan Dole collected and edited some of the most popular Persian poems and translated them into English, publishing them in one work under the title Flowers from Persian Poets. This work includes selections from:
The Bustan, by Saadi
collection of anecdotes and accounts of Saadis travels
The Rubaiyat, by Omar Khayyam
The Gulistan, by Sadi
The single most influential work of Persian Prose
Layla and Majnun, by Nazami Ganjavi and Rumi
Rostam and Sohrab from Shahnameh, by Ferdowsi
Item number: #15763
Price: $399
DOLE, Nathan Haskell [edit. & transl.]
Flowers from Persian poets
New York, Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. [1901]. First edition.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
Vol. I – [2], xxxiii, [1], 251, [1]
Vol. II – [2], iii, [1], 253-564
Illustrated throughout
Provenance: Stamp – Charles S. Fobes, 1905
Charles S. Fobes (1839-1909) was the president of Westbrooke College in 1862, a liberal arts college in Portland, Maine, founded 1831 as Westbrook Seminary in Westbrook, Maine. It closed in 1996 and merged with the University of New England, which uses its old campus. He was also a member of the Maine Historical Society and The Fraternity Club, a social and literary group.
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
Decorative green cloth
Size: ~8.5in X 5.75in (21.5cm x 15cm)
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1901 1ed Flowers of PERSIAN Poets Omar Khayyam Rubaiyat Bustan Ferdowsi Iran 2v
Persian poetry became popular amongst English-readers at the end of the 19th-century. Author Nathan Dole collected and edited some of the most popular Persian poems and translated them into English, publishing them in one work under the title Flowers from Persian Poets. This work includes selections from:
The Bustan, by Saadi
collection of anecdotes and accounts of Saadis travels
The Rubaiyat, by Omar Khayyam
The Gulistan, by Sadi
The single most influential work of Persian Prose
Layla and Majnun, by Nazami Ganjavi and Rumi
Rostam and Sohrab from Shahnameh, by Ferdowsi
Item number: #15763
Price: $399
DOLE, Nathan Haskell [edit. & transl.]
Flowers from Persian poets
New York, Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. [1901]. First edition.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
Vol. I – [2], xxxiii, [1], 251, [1]
Vol. II – [2], iii, [1], 253-564
Illustrated throughout
Provenance: Stamp – Charles S. Fobes, 1905
Charles S. Fobes (1839-1909) was the president of Westbrooke College in 1862, a liberal arts college in Portland, Maine, founded 1831 as Westbrook Seminary in Westbrook, Maine. It closed in 1996 and merged with the University of New England, which uses its old campus. He was also a member of the Maine Historical Society and The Fraternity Club, a social and literary group.
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
Decorative green cloth
Size: ~8.5in X 5.75in (21.5cm x 15cm)
Our Guarantee:
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Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!
15763
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