SETT, Mera
Sculptured Melodies. Illustrated by the Author. (Deluxe copy, numbered and signed).
London, Grant Richards, 1922. 28 x 23 cm. Rebound using part of the spine and illustration from the original wrappers. 112 p. Printed in 500 copies. 1st edition. Binding a bit worn and repaired. This is one of 100 numbered and signed copies, printed on Imperial Japanese paper. Stories inspired by well-known pieces of classical music by Chopin, Schumann, Dvorak, Beethoven, Tschaikowsky, Gounod, Rubinstein and other 19th century composers, illustrated by the author in a squiggly decadent style. A quaint talent, Mera Kavas Sett (1887-late 1950s or 1960s) was a 'Parsee artist' as the newspapers of a century ago put it, about whom not much is known. Possibly his full name is Mera Ben Kavas Sett. He illustrated Omar Khayyam about 1914 (see about this Omariana Vol. 10, nr. 1); this is his only other publication, and fairly rare.
Boeknummer: 276776
€ 450.00