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KHAYYAM, Omar "The Rubáiyát " [Thomas Y. Crowell, 1909] Willy Pogany

KHAYYAM, Omar "The Rubáiyát " [Thomas Y. Crowell, 1909] Willy Pogany

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KHAYYAM, Omar. The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1909. Illustrated by Willy Pogany on 24 full color tipped-in plates (complete). 11.75 " 8", unpaginated. Green cloth with gilt arabesque designs and titling. Cloth moderately rubbed with some scuffs to rear board. Internal hinges secure but some separation starting between signatures. Good+.

Willy Pogany’s illustrations for the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám are among his most admired works, blending Art Nouveau and Orientalist influences into richly decorative imagery. He often used delicate linework, intricate borders, and jewel-toned color plates to evoke the sensuality and mysticism of the verses. The result is a dreamlike visual accompaniment that mirrors the poem’s themes of beauty, transience, and the search for meaning, making his Rubáiyát one of the high points of early 20th-century book illustration.

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