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Edward FitzGerald’s „Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám“ and Related Materials

Edward FitzGerald’s „Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám“ and Related Materials. The John Roger Paas Collection. Edited by John Roger Paas. Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz Verlag, 2023. 1184 pages, 3 parts. Part 1+2: Text, XXII, 872 pages; Part 3: Plates, 312 pages. ISBN 9783447120906

Contents
Foreword IX
Introduction XIII
Explanatory Notes XVII
Abbreviations & Symbols XIX
PART I: Versions of the Rubáiyát
I FitzGerald’s Versions (nos. 1-4348) 3
II Manuscripts and Illuminated Leaves (nos. 4349-4367) 562
III The Rubáiyát in Anthologies (nos. 4368-4460) 565
IV Recordings of the Rubáiyát (nos. 4461-4544) 570
V English Translations other than by FitzGerald (nos. 4545-4708) 578
VI Multilingual Editions (nos. 4709-4796) 605
VII Translations in Languages other than English (nos. 4797-4918) 626
PART II: References to the Rubáiyát
I Novels and Biographical Narratives about Omar and/or the Rubáiyát (nos. 4219-4936) 649
II Books and Articles about the Rubáiyát (nos. 4937-5036) 652
III Works and Verses about FitzGerald and/or Omar Khayyám (nos. 5037-5123) 661
IV Bibliographies of the Rubáiyát and Works about Artists, Editors, etc. (nos. 5124-5251) 670
V Publishers’ Catalogs Prospectuses, and Advertisements (nos. 5252-5307) 679
VI The Word “Rubáiyát” in Titles (nos. 5308-5366) 684
VII Titles Inspired by Verses in the Rubáiyát (nos. 5367-5395) 688
VIII Works with References to the Rubáiyát or Omar Khayyám (nos. 5396-5415) 691
IX Quatrains in the Rubáiyát quoted (nos. 5416-5452) 693
X Verse Founded on, or in the Meter of, the Rubáiyát (nos. 5453-5581) 696
XI Calendars (nos. 5582-5633) 710
PART III: The Rubáiyát in Popular Culture
I Stage, Screen, and Radio (nos. 5634-5715) 721
II Musical Scores and Sheet Music (nos. 5716-5782) 734
III Parodies and Spin-offs in Books and Magazines (nos. 5783-5985) 740
IV Omar Khayyám Clubs (nos. 5986-6043) 761
V Advertisements (nos. 6044-6272) 766
VI The Names/Words “Omar” and “Rubáiyát” used non-commercially (nos. 6273-6325) 778
VII Greeting Cards, Postcards, and Stamps (nos. 6326-6383) 782
VIII Artwork (nos. 6384-6546) 787
IX Realia (nos. 6547-6757) 798
X Related Materials (nos. 6758-6826) 811
Part IV: Related FitzGerald Items
Letters and other Works (nos. 6827-6861) 819
Indexes
Artists 825
Editors, Compilers, Commentators, and Contributors 829
Authors of related Works, Bibliographers, and Composers/Songwriters 833
Translators 837
Printers 839
Fine Binders 842
Early Association Copies 843
Concordance (Potter / Paas) 844

A chronological list of the more important issues …

A chronological list of the more important issues of Edward FitzGerald’s version of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, and of other books, written, translated, edited or owned by him with portraits, autograph letters, etc. ; and with ana, other versions of the Rubaiyat, and certain items identified with his name, or forming part of his Persian studies ; exhibited by the Caxton club, January fourth to January twenty-first, 1899. Chicago, Caxton Club, 1899.

Omariana. A descriptive catalogue of the collection owned by Leone Fulmer Nash and Paul Tausig with contributions from other sources, including illustrated editions, academic editions, press copies, secondary literature, parodies and so on

Omariana. A descriptive catalogue of the collection owned by Leone Fulmer Nash and Paul Tausig with contributions from other sources, including illustrated editions, academic editions, press copies, secondary literature, parodies and so on. Marc-Edouard, Enay, Kent Nielsen. [Hamburg, Orient-Antiquariat, ca. 1990]

Omar Khayyâm, geleerde en dichter uit Perzië in de overlevering en de verbeelding

Omar Khayyâm, geleerde en dichter uit Perzië in de overlevering en de verbeelding. Leiden, Legatum Warnerianum, Universiteitsbibliotheek, 2001. 139 p.

Summary:
Catalogue to an exhibition in the Leidse Universiteitsbibliotheek, from 15 November till 30 December 2001, by the Nederlands Omar Khayyâm Genootschap.

Contents

Ter Inleiding
Het leven van Omar Khayyâm
Omar als geleerde
De dichter
Vroege vertalers
Nederlandse vertalers en hun bronnen
Edward FitzGerald en zijn vrienden
Omar Khayyâm in Iran
Omar in Babyion
Parodieën op de Rubáiyát
De kwatrijnen uitgebeeld. 1: Omar in de internationale kunst
De kwatrijnen uitgebeeld. 2: Omar in de Nederlandse kunst
Omar Khayyam Clubs
Omariana
Literatuurlijst.

A Book in the Wilderness. FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. 150 years in print and image

A Book in the Wilderness. Jos Biegstraaten and Jos Coumans. Amsterdam, Rozenberg Publishers, 2009. 125 p. ISBN: 9789036101141

Summary
‘A Book in the Wilderness’ accompanied an exhibition held in Museum Meermanno, The Hague (The Netherlands). The book provides information on a variety of editions that illustrate two important developments in publishing and printing the Rubáiyát: typographical aspects in a number of private press editions, and the various ways in which the Rubáiyát were illustrated. The main sections in the book highlight
– the four FitzGerald editions and a number of facsimile and pirated editions;
– the succes of the Rubáiyát in the USA and the UK with Mosher, Bradley, the Roycrofters and a number of English private press editions;
– illustrated editions: William Morris and Elihu Vedder; famous illustrators such as Dulac, Pogany; Dutch illustrators;
– miniature editions from the early 20th century until today.

Each item is illustrated with miniatures, larger illustrations in a separate section of the book.

Contents

Foreword by Leo Voogt, p. 7
Introduction, p. 13
Edward FitzGerald: first editions, p. 19
Edward FitzGerald: pirated and facsimile editions, p. 25
USA: Mosher and Bradley, p. 28
Morris’ influence: UK, USA and The Netherlands, p. 32
USA: The Roycroft Printing Shop, 41
English presses, p. 46
The first illustrated editions, p. 51
Illustrated editions: commercial publishers, p. 58
Illustrated editions: some techniques, p. 68
Dutch illustrators, p. 74
Miniatures and small books, p. 79
Select bibliography and further reading, p. 113
Index, p. 120