Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Rubáiyát Of Omar Khayyám... Illustrated by Arthur Szyk...

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1976. Arthur Szyk. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original gilt decorated red leather with gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Gilt top and bottom edges, raised bands. Golden ribbon marker. Frontispiece. Title page with gilt decorative frame. Bound in Japan fold. Text printed to Arches paper, illustrations on glossy paper. Collection of poems rendered in English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. The text of the first edition illustrated by Arthur Szyk. The illustrations for this edition were drawn in colour and gold by Arthur Szyk, and engraved in London by the Sun Engraving Company. The text was set, and pages made-up in English monotype Sachsenwald with Albertus Capitals, to the design and under the direction of Ernest Ingham at the Fanfare Press, in London. Laid in Easton Press Ex Libris. g to near fine. Item #47973

Price: $65.00

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