There was a Door to which I found no Key: There was a Veil past which I could not see: Some little Talk awhile of ME and THEE There seemed—and then no more of THEE and ME.
This website is dedicated to the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, translated by Edward FitzGerald. It is intended to be a repository for Rubaiyat editions, art, and other media related to this wonderful book of poetry.
Editions included on this website are ones that either I have personally collected or visitors have reached out with (noted when that is the case), complete with metadata such as publisher, year, artist, and other pertinent information that I have put together. If you have an edition you want to see added or is missing, please reach out so we can see about adding it! Or if you have one you want to sell, also reach out! The website is by no means comprehensive yet.
For editions that I've collected, I take pictures of all notable parts of the copy and write a short blurb/'review' of them. Sometimes I do research into something interesting about them. I am not a formally educated expert in book trade/history, so my understanding/terminology may not always be perfectly accurate. I do my best to share what I have learned. If you realize an error or something that could be improved, please reach out.
Below is a listing of all editions (100 total) on this website, also found here.
