"Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" rendering into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, illustrated by Sarkis Katchadourian, published by Grosset and Dunlap, 1946. Contains 101 quatrains with additional 75 quatrains of the first version of 1859.

Original dust jacket with clipped price on front flap; hard boards, black cloth with gold decoration on front board; red box and gold lettering on spine; 7" x 10.1/4"; color frontispiece, 132 pages, all quatrain pages are illustrated with line drawings + 5 color plates, very good condition.

Sarkis Katchadourian (1886-1947) was an Armenian artist.

1902-1908 he studied at Sanasarian College in Karin (1902-1908). In 1908-1911 he studied at Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma and graduated with gold medal. He returned to Constantinople, where he taught painting at Sanasarian College in Karin. 1912-1914 he studied at the National Higher school of decorative arts in Paris and received the first-class diploma. He left for Geneva to study pedagogy and then improved it in Munich and Vienna. In 1914-1918 Katchadourian was in Caucasus (Batumi, Yessentuki, Tiflis, Yerevan, Dilijan, Ijevan, Alexandrapol, Gharakilisa and Echmiadzin).

In 1915, he left for Persia then Armenia. In 1916 he participated in forming "Armenian Artist's Association" in Tiflis. In 1921 he became member-secretary in "Armenian Artists Union" in Tiflis. In 1921 the government of Arrmenian SSR assigned the artist to draw sketches for stamps printed in Constantinople at Yesayan's personal publishing house.

1937-1941 he worked in India and made copies from temples' frescoes. In 1941, Katchadourian settled in New York City.

Katchadourian's works are held in Paris, London, Vienna, Brussels, the museums in USA, Russia, the Georgian State Museum and the National Gallery of Armenia.

US: Priority (c.2-6 days) ----------- $12.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-7 weeks) ----- $30.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-10 weeks) ----- $40.50