J.B. Nicolas
Before J.B. Nicolas (1814-1875) published his bilingual edition of "Les quatrains", a selection of fifty quatrains had appeared, issued by Duprat, Paris, 1863, as a reprint of an article in the 'Révue de l'Orient, de l'Algérie et des Colonies'. In 1867 followed the important French-Persian edition of 464 quatrains, a work that has often served as a source for other translations as well as for continuous disagreements regarding the interpretation of the quatrains.
"Les quatrains" have been reissued in France many times. They were also included in many so called multivariorum editions, such as "The sufistic quatrains of Omar Khayyam" (Dunne, 1903), or in the Persian polyglot editions.
Bibliography
Les quatrains de Khayam. Par J.-B. Nicolas. Paris, Duprat, 1863. Extrait de la Révue de l'Orient, de l'Algérie et des Colonies
Les quatrains de Khèyam. Traduits du persan par J.B. Nicolas. Paris, L'Imprimerie Impériale, 1867
Roubaïates par Omar Khayyam. - Ghazels par Mohammed Hafiz. Traductions du persan par J.-B. et A.L.M. Nicolas. Paris, Waleffe, 1967
Omar Khayyam. Les Roubaïates. Traduit du persan par J.-B. Nicolas. Adaptation par J.-P. Vibert et Pierre Seghers. Paris, Seghers, 1969. Several reissues
Omar Khayyam. Les Roubaïates. Traduit du persan par J.-B. Nicolas. Adaptation par J.-P. Vibert et Pierre Seghers. Paris, S.N.E.D., 1979. Reprinted 1980
Les quatrains de Khèyam. Traduits du persan par J.-B. Nicolas. Paris, Maisonneuve, 1982. Reprint 2000
Omar Khayam. Les Rubaïyat. Miniatures persanes [trad. J.B. Nicolas]. [S.l.], Liber, 1987
