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The reed
- Title
- The reed / Jalaluddin Mohammad Rumi ; translated by Zahra Partovi ; etchings by Susan Weil.
- Author
- Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273.
- Publication
- New York : Vincent FitzGerald, 1989.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | By appointment only | Spencer Coll. Amer. 1989 92-132 | Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308 |
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- Description
- [34] p. : col. ill.; 25 cm.
- Uniform Title
- Bishnu az nay chun hikāyat mīkunad. English & Persian
- Alternative Title
- Bishnu az nay chun hikāyat mīkunad.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Grass fibers (Paper).
- Typefaces (Type evidence) – Diotima.
- Cut-paper works.
- Montages.
- Note
- A poem.
- Translation of: Bishnu az nay chun hikāyat mīkunad.
- For discussion of the editions of selections from Rūmī published by Vincent Fitz Gerald, cf. article by Gerrit Henry in Print collector's newsletter, v. 21 (Mar.-Apr. 1990), p. 10-12.
- Calligraphy by Jerry Kelly (on t.p.) and Zahra Partovi (Persian text).
- Consists of a strip formed from 5 sheets joined and folded accordion-style to form 20 pages (on 8 double leaves and 2 single leaves) with English text on one side, and 14 pages (on 7 double leaves) with Persian text on the other side, with blank leaves at beginning and end attached to front and back covers respectively.
- Illustrations: 30 prints : etching, hand-col. (18), mezzotint, col. (12) ; various sizes. Printed by Shigemitsu Tsukaguchi; hand-coloring by the artist. Subject: "Grass portraits" (cf. Henry) and cupped hands, one with silver foil montage. Top edge of 2nd-4th sheet torn and outlines of tops of grass blades cut out by Zahra Partovi; cutout elements in remaining 2 ill.
- Binding: Publisher's greenish gray Dieu Donné part grass fiber paper boards, by Zahra Partovi; in a matching portfolio with ebony button and ribbon tie.
- Call Number
- Spencer Coll. Amer. 1989 92-132
- OCLC
- NYPG92-B34525
- Author
- Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273.
- Title
- The reed / Jalaluddin Mohammad Rumi ; translated by Zahra Partovi ; etchings by Susan Weil.
- Imprint
- New York : Vincent FitzGerald, 1989.
- Local Note
- 50 copies printed in dark brown at Wild Carrot Letterpress, Hadley, Mass., and Kelly·Winterton Press, New York, on beige J.B. Green paper from Diotima type. No. 16/50; signed in pencil by the translator (in Persian) and the artist.
- Added Author
- Partovi, Zahra.Weil, Susan.Partovi, Zahra. BinderTsukaguchi, Shigemitsu, printer of plates.Vincent Fitz Gerald & Company. PublisherWild Carrot Letterpress. PrinterKelly/Winterton Press. Printer
- Research Call Number
- Spencer Coll. Amer. 1989 92-132