Author: Fitzgerald, Robert (translator)
Title: RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. REPRODUCED FROM A MANUSCRIPT WRITTEN AND ILLUMINATED BY F. SANGORSKI & G. SUTCLIFFE
Description: Siegle, Hill, 0. 1st Edition. 0 pp. Hardcover. F. Sangorski and G. Sutcliffe (lettering and designs); Ewan Geddes (illustrations). Very good+ in cream-colored full vellum with boards and spine showing some soiling, Front board is a little warped, otherwise this beautiful production in fine condition. This is a limited edition facsimile of an original manuscript illuminated and written out by F. Sangorski and G. Sutcliffeand with illustrations by Ewan Geddes. Top edge in gold gilt and other edges deckled. Interior pages are clean and bright. This is 117 of 550 limited copies, signed by F. Sangorski and G. Sutcliffe, Folio size. Large, ornate peacock design imprinted in gold on the front board. Floral design with fine condition, brown Moroccan title label on spine. End papers have Byzantine-like designs in color. Paper is hand-made and thick. Sangoski and Sutcliffe's artistry is very apparent with their intricate hand lettering and original decorations. Also, reproductions of richly colored paintings (11 in total) by Ewan Geddes with ornately designed frames in gold and other bright colors. Letters printed primarily in black with keywords highlighted in red.The first letters of stanzas are ornately designed in red and blue and other colors with delicate gold-designed backgrounds. All in all, an elegantly executed book, a solid representation of the high aestheticism of turn-of-the-twentieth century facsimiles of modern illuminated manuscripts. Very Good.

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