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The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám - illustrated by René Bull - cover

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám - illustrated by René Bull

Edward Fitzgerald, Edward Henry Whinfield

Publisher: Alicia Editions

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The Rubáiyát is a collection of poems attributed to the Persian mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayyám. The present edition, illustrated in black and white by René Bull, contains translations by Edward FitzGerald and Edward Heny Whinfield. 
Available since: 04/08/2019.

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