Rubaiyat illustrated by P. Bunin

The great poet and outstanding scholar Omar Khayyam was born in the city of Nishapur in 1048. His pen belongs to a number of works in philosophy, astronomy, and mathematics, and in the field of mathematics, he was centuries ahead of his contemporaries. Today, Khayyam's scientific works are mainly known only to specialists in the history of science. Worldwide fame was brought to Omar Khayyam by his quatrains, the lyrical hero of which tries to understand the universe, comprehend the nature of man and God. In this edition, Khayyam's poems and his prose texts are accompanied by magnificent illustrations by the artist Pavel Bunin.