Sangorski-Sutcliffe Rubaiyat, 1/550 in vellum
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Heading: (Sangorski, Francis & George Sutcliffe, illuminators)
Author: Omar Khayyam
Title: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Place Published: London
Publisher:Siegle, Hill & Co.
Date Published: c.1911
Description: Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Introduction by A.C. Benson. Reproduced in colors from a manuscript written and illuminated by Francis Sangorski & George Sutcliffe. 33.5x25 cm (13¼x10"), original full vellum with elaborate gilt peacock design on front, spine gilt, top edge gilt. No. 269 of 550 copies on hand made paper.Sangorski and Sutcliffe's interpretations of the Rubaiyat are justly famous and among their most important work. "The Great Omar", a nearly legendary copy in an exquisite jeweled binding, was on its way to America when it sunk with the Titanic in 1912. Francis Sangorski died later that year.
Author: Omar Khayyam
Title: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Place Published: London
Publisher:Siegle, Hill & Co.
Date Published: c.1911
Description: Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Introduction by A.C. Benson. Reproduced in colors from a manuscript written and illuminated by Francis Sangorski & George Sutcliffe. 33.5x25 cm (13¼x10"), original full vellum with elaborate gilt peacock design on front, spine gilt, top edge gilt. No. 269 of 550 copies on hand made paper.Sangorski and Sutcliffe's interpretations of the Rubaiyat are justly famous and among their most important work. "The Great Omar", a nearly legendary copy in an exquisite jeweled binding, was on its way to America when it sunk with the Titanic in 1912. Francis Sangorski died later that year.
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Some rubbing and discoloration to vellum, front board bending up at fore-edge, minimal spotting to edges; still near fine.
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Sangorski-Sutcliffe Rubaiyat, 1/550 in vellum
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