Author
Omar Khayyam.
Publication Date
1900
Publication Place
[East Aurora, N.Y.] : [Roycroft shop], [1900] -
Type
Book
Language
eng,fas
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
55 leaves ; 25 cm
Library
Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID
35055062
Record ID
9963525853503681
Library Location
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date
1900
Notes
Text and blank pages alternating in pairs., Title and text within hand-illumined ornamental border., The text is calligraphy printed from plates. McKenna attributes the calligraphy to Samuel Warner. This book is listed in the 1900 catalog as an edition of 925 but it was an edition of 1000.----cf. Roycroft Books [online resource], Printed in four colors on Boxmoor paper, bound in suede. Three line gilt title in rectangular surround., "Of this edition of the Rubaiyat but 1000 copies were printed and the plates then destroyed. Each book is numbered." | Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Roycroft Press imprints presented to the Penn Libraries in 2012., Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 778. Signed by Hubbard. Illumined by Gertrude Grainger. | Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection), Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection), Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection), Grainger, Gertrude (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection)
Atıf Yapılan
McKenna, P. Roycroft, 64, Ogle, David. On a high shelf, OB-054-00
Tür
Poetry.
