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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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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. Amer. 1989 92-132Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
  • Partovi, Zahra.
  • Weil, Susan.
  • Tsukaguchi, Shigemitsu
  • Vincent Fitz Gerald & Company. pbl
  • Wild Carrot Letterpress. prt
  • Kelly/Winterton Press. prt
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. Binder
Tsukaguchi, Shigemitsu, printer of plates.
Vincent Fitz Gerald & Company. Publisher
Wild Carrot Letterpress. Printer
Kelly/Winterton Press. Printer
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. Amer. 1989 92-132
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