The quatrains of Omar Khayyam of Nishapour

Now first completely done into English verse from the Persian, in accordance with the original forms, with a biographical and critical Introduction, by John Payne. London : printed for the Villon Society by private subscription and for private circulation only, 1898. Quarto, half crushed levant morocco by C. J. Sawyer, ruled in gilt, spine in compartments with raised bands, ruled and ornamented in gilt, edges slightly rubbed, top edge gilt, others uncut, pp. lxxi; [I]; 206, a fine copy of the large paper deluxe edition, printed in an unspecified limitation, this is copy 24.

The Rubaiyat is a collection of poems exploring the human condition attributed to the 12th-century Persian poet, astronomer, and mathematician Omar Khayyám. The Villon Society published fine quality limited editions of classical literature for its members at the turn of the century.