Wright (John Buckland). A suite of proof engravings for The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, published by The Golden Cockerel Press, 1938, five unsigned proof illustrations, copper engravings on laid paper, 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). Considered to be some of the artist's best work, and Buckland Wright himself was particularly fond of the publication.
Wright (John Buckland). A suite of proof engravings for The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, published by The Golden Cockerel Press, 1938, five unsigned proof illustrations, copper engravings on laid paper, 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). Considered to be some of the artist's best work, and Buckland Wright himself was particularly fond of the publication.
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