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Best Illustrated Version of "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam"

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4/14/11 at 3:37am
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I'd like to buy an illustrated edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

Unfortunately, none of my local bookstores have even a single copy, and I'm having a hard time getting a good look from the online bookstores. Even google books doesn't offer free previews for many of the books.

Anyone out there have a recommendation? Prefer color, the bigger the better.



Thanks.
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post #2 of 3
4/14/11 at 1:30pm
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Durac's illustrations look to be quite nice: http://books.google.com/books?id=xqw...page&q&f=false Found a really beautiful book illustrated by Dulac, published in 1909 by Hodder & Stoughton: http://www.somerbooks.com/Sold/rubaiyat_dulac.htm Austin P. Torney's are just plain weird: http://books.google.com/books?id=kI0...page&q&f=false Gilbert James did one of the earlier illusrations, and is it just me, or does the New York public library have a signed note by Emerson on the third page! http://books.google.com/books?id=mgo...page&q&f=false But there are so many more that I can't even get a preview of: Arthur Szyk Hossein Behzad Miniatur Hamzeh Abd-Ullah Illus W. Pogany Elihu Vedder And many, many more. I hope an SF'er out there has experience with some of them and can provide some input!
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post #3 of 3
4/14/11 at 1:37pm
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Hmmm.... A book solely written on the various illustrations:

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Omar-Khayy...2798651&sr=8-3
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