EVER since the Rub‡iy‡t achieved its larger fame, the fact that Edward Fitzgerald made certain changes in succeeding versions of his translation has aroused interest among readers and students, but just what these changes comprised is known only to a few enthusiastic lovers of Omar.
In a word, the text and editorial matter of all five of the original printings (with other helps) are here included in one volume in the sincere effort to present not simply another edition, but the best possible edition of the Fitzgerald Rub‡iy‡t yet published.
Illustrations by Blanche McManus