ALLIX, Susan (bookbinder & illustrator).

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Rendered into English by Edward FitzGerald.

Stock Code

95886

London, Susan Allix, 1973

£5,250

One of only 25 copies specially bound by the artist Susan Allix, who trained at the Royal College of Art, and has been making and binding hand-crafted books since 1973. She has exhibited internationally and examples of her work are to be found in the British Library, the Library of Congress and the Dutch Royal Library.

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No. 18 of 25 copies bound and signed by Susan Allix, from an overall limitation of 75 copies; 4to; 27 copper etched designs printed in various colours on thick paper, mostly geometric and abstract, many full-page, some double-page, with borders and vignettes, uncut in original red goatskin by Susan Allix, upper cover with gilt lattice-work design containing small stars, spine lettered in gilt, slip-case.