ANCIENT PERSIAN PRINCE WITH HIS HAREM OF WOMEN -- ANCIENT PERSIA
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Color illustration, with animal and plant decorative border margins, from 1947 edition translation of works by Persian Poet Omar Khayyam. 
Reverse (not shown) has UNRELATED poetry verses
Artist: Mahmoud Sayah (Iranian miniaturist) (b. 1916).
Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīsābūrī (1048-1131), commonly known as Omar Khayyam, was a polymath, known for his contributions to mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, and poetry. He was born in Nishapur, the initial capital of the Seljuk Empire.
Khayyam’s poems were written in the form of quatrains. His poetry first became widely known to the English-reading world due to the translation by Edward FitzGerald in 1859.
**A picture of a bust of this ancient poet is shown for historical interest (not included)
Very minor age & handling wear -- Fresh, vibrant colors
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Full Page Size: Approx. 5-3/4 “ x 9-1/4”
Illustration Size: Approx. 4" x 5 3/4".
Perfect for matting
Unrelated Text on Reverse

Condition: Excellent - Very Good+++ - Good - Fair - Poor (but of historical interest)

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