Auction 90 Fine Judaica Including: Printed Books, Manuscripts,  Graphic & Ceremonial Arts
Jul 21, 2020 (your local time)
USA
 Brooklyn Navy Yard: Building 77 Suite 1108 Brooklyn NY, 11205
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LOT 185:

(SZYK, ARTHUR).
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
Tendered in English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Large ...

Start price:
$ 250
Estimated price:
$500 - $700
Auction house commission: 25%
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(SZYK, ARTHUR).
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.



Tendered in English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Large color plates by Szyk. Inscribed by the artist to Helen Davidoff, signed and dated, New Canaan, 1947.
Original pictorial boards. Lg. 4to.
New York: Heritage Press 1946
The beautiful illustrations were drawn in color and gold by Arthur Szyk, and engraved in London by the Sun Engraving Company. The text was set, and the 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.
The beautiful illustrations were drawn in color and gold by Arthur Szyk, and engraved in London by the Sun Engraving Company. The text was set, and the 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.