Rubaiyat designed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. One of 500 copies. Gilt vellum binding.
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OMAR KHAYYAM. [The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam]. London: Siegle, Hill & Co., [n.d., 1910]. Copy 126 of 550 copies, signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Publisher's vellum over boards, front cover pictorially stamped in gilt with a peacock design, lower cover plain, spine decoratively stamped in gilt with dark green morocco lettering label, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. 13 3/8 x 9 7/8 inches (34 x 25 cm); [2, blank], [2, limitation, verso blank], [2, title, verso blank], [10, preface], 36, 16, [14, notes], [7, list of illustrations], [1, colophon], pp.; twelve color plates, including illuminated title, four full-page and seven smaller illustrations. Merest hint of soiling, vellum binding bowing slightly.
An extraordinarily handsome presentation of the Rubaiyat, and one of Sangorski and Sutcliffe's finest illuminated books.
OMAR KHAYYAM. [The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam]. London: Siegle, Hill & Co., [n.d., 1910]. Copy 126 of 550 copies, signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Publisher's vellum over boards, front cover pictorially stamped in gilt with a peacock design, lower cover plain, spine decoratively stamped in gilt with dark green morocco lettering label, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. 13 3/8 x 9 7/8 inches (34 x 25 cm); [2, blank], [2, limitation, verso blank], [2, title, verso blank], [10, preface], 36, 16, [14, notes], [7, list of illustrations], [1, colophon], pp.; twelve color plates, including illuminated title, four full-page and seven smaller illustrations. Merest hint of soiling, vellum binding bowing slightly.
An extraordinarily handsome presentation of the Rubaiyat, and one of Sangorski and Sutcliffe's finest illuminated books.
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Rubaiyat designed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. One of 500 copies. Gilt vellum binding.
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