Format: Midi
Size:
Width: 120mm
Height: 180mm
Depth: 18mm
Interior: Lined
Space between lines: 6.67mm
Lines Per Page:21
Page Count: 144 Pages
Closure: Elastic Band
Colour: Brown
GSM (paper weight): 120
Cover: Hardcover
Edge Printing: Yes
Binding Type: Smyth Sewn
Pouch Type: Memento Pouch
Interior Paper
Custom-designed laid paper
Ribbon Markers.: 1
More Features
100% recycled binder boards
Decorative printed cover paper
FSC-certified text paper
Threaded stitching and glue, as needed
Acid-free sustainable forest paper
This glorious binding comes from the revered artisans at Sangorski & Sutcliffe, a world-renowned British bindery best known for the bejewelled cover of Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat (also known as the Great Omar), forever lost in the sinking of the Titanic.
The beautiful binding reproduced here was crafted in 1910 to house a collection of works by celebrated Persian poet Hafiz, entitled Hafiz? of Shiraz: Selections from His Poems (translated from the Persian by Herman Bicknell). It was made of red levant morocco with leather joints and green levant morocco flyleaves, with three stunningly bejewelled peacocks with their feathers on full display as the focal point. The birds were inlaid in eight different colours and embellished with foliage and gold tooling, and the binding itself set with pearls and 33 opals that lend it an unparalleled opulence.
Established in London in 1901, Sangorski & Sutcliffe quickly rose to become one of the 20th century’s most important bookbinding firms, famous for jewelled bindings like “Recessional”, Hafiz? of Shiraz, and Rubaiyat and for their use of real gold in the cover details.