The First English (translated) Edition of this book was published in 1859 by Bernard Quaritch regardless of what other sellers may say, and that's a fact. The authenticity of the poetry attributed to Omar Khayyam is highly uncertain. Khayyam was famous during his lifetime not as a poet but as an astronomer and mathematician. Although commercially unsuccessful at first, Fitzgerald's work was popularized from 1861 onward by Whitley Stokes, and the work came to be greatly admired by the Pre-Raphaelites in England. Fitzgerald had a third edition printed in 1872, which increased interest in the work in the United States. By the 1880s, the book was extremely popular throughout the English-speaking world, to the extent that numerous "Omar Khayyam clubs" were formed and there was a "fin de siècle cult of the Rubaiyat".

Reprinted many, many times, this late 19th century copy is nearly Very Good condition with a tiny puncture through all pages in the lower right corner. ZThe book han an ownership signature on the first blank endpaper - Edward M. E. Olcott, or something similar. Custom clear plastic dust jacket, similar to Brodart. 5" x 6 1/2" x 1/4"

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