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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, The Saalfield Publishing Company, Akron, Ohio, January 1, 1912. Abbreviated, gift version.
16 p – 3 x 2 (7.6 x 5 cm)
The Saalfield Publishing Company published children's books and other products from 1900 to 1977. The Akron, Ohio, company was once one of the largest publishers of children's materials in the world.
This translated version is from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (4th ed., 1879) by Edward Fitzgerald, 1809-1993. An English scholar and poet, his translations popularized the work to the English speaking world.
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