The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Richly illuminating, The Rubáiyát, a collection of poems attributed to the Persian mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayyám, sing the impermanence of things, and in the face of it, the necessity of enjoying the present moment. The present edition, illustrated in black and white by René Bull, contains translations by Edward FitzGerald and Edward Heny Whinfield.