Lot 1038 , Sangorski and Sutcliffe - Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) - The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, number 447 of 550 copies, signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Publisher's vellum over boards, front cover pictorially stamped in gilt wit

Sangorski and Sutcliffe - Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) - The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, number 447 of 550 copies, signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Publisher's vellum over boards, front cover pictorially stamped in gilt with a peacock design, spine decoratively stamped in gilt with calf lettering label, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. 13 3/8 x 10 ins. (34 x 25.5cm). List of illustrations, twelve colour plates, including illuminated title, four full-page and seven smaller illustrations, Siegle, Hill & Co., London, [1910] Note: Sangorski & Sutcliffe’s interpretations of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam are rightly celebrated and rank amongst the firm’s finest achievements. Their almost legendary “Great Omar”, bound in an extravagant jewelled binding, was being shipped to America when it was lost aboard the RMS Titanic sinking in 1912. Francis Sangorski himself died later the same year.
£800-1,200

Condition:
Front board very slightly bowed, small tear and loss to lower right of label, discolouration mark to lh head of spine above label (mostly clear of gilt decoration).

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