Wright (John Buckland). A suite of proof illustrations for the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Golden Cockerel Press, 1938, five unsigned proof copper engravings on laid paper, one or two faint spots to blank margins, with original tissue guards, plate size 20.5 x 10.5cm (8 x 4.25ins), sheet size 29.5 x 17cm (11.75 x 6.75ins) (Qty: 5) Provenance: From the collection of binder Alex James Vaughan. Apparently only around 30 sets of these engravings were produced, designed as they were to accompany the 30 copies of the Golden Cockerel Rubaiyat which were specially bound in white pigskin (in addition to the 300 ordinary copies).
Wright (John Buckland). A suite of proof illustrations for the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Golden Cockerel Press, 1938, five unsigned proof copper engravings on laid paper, one or two faint spots to blank margins, with original tissue guards, plate size 20.5 x 10.5cm (8 x 4.25ins), sheet size 29.5 x 17cm (11.75 x 6.75ins) (Qty: 5) Provenance: From the collection of binder Alex James Vaughan. Apparently only around 30 sets of these engravings were produced, designed as they were to accompany the 30 copies of the Golden Cockerel Rubaiyat which were specially bound in white pigskin (in addition to the 300 ordinary copies).
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