For my edition of the Rubáiyát, I selected #65 from the SCARC inventory. Published in 1946, this volume contains both the fourth and first edition of Fitzgerald’s translation of Omar Khayyám’s poem. 138 pages are bound and protected by a hard cover enveloped in red cloth. Intricate and colorful illustrations frame each stanza, alongside artwork with pages dedicated solely to the designs. The artwork within this printing of the Rubáiyát was created by an Iranian artist named Sarkis Katchadourian. Katchadourian is well known for his work travelling India and Ceylon...
