Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Partovi, Zahra
2. Kurahara, T.
3. Kelly, Jerry, 1955-
4. Vincent Fitz Gerald & Company. pbl
5. Wild Carrot Letterpress. prt
6. Hands On Bookbinding. bnd
7. D2 Press. pop

Description

1. 27, [2] p. : col. ill.; 27 cm. +

Uniform title

1. Ma̲snavī. Book 5. Selections. English & Persian

Alternative title

1. Ma̲snavī. Book 5.
2. Lover beloved

Subject

1. Artists' books > United States > 20th century
2. Kurahara, T
3. Sufi poetry, Persian > Translations into English
4. Typefaces (Type evidence) > Aldus
5. Time in art

Genre/Form

1. Artists' books – United States – 20th century.
2. Typefaces (Type evidence) – Aldus.

Contents

1. Verse 2022, Masnavi V -- Verse 2001, Masnavi V -- Verse 3069, Masnavi I -- Verse 1244, Masnavi V.

Call number

1. Spencer Coll. Amer. 2000 12-87

Note

1. "Edition: fifty"--Colophon.
2. Illustrated with 4 full-page monochrome etchings with aquatint.
3. Accompanied by 4 accordion-folded sheets, each containing a color-field etching on 6 leaves. Prints represent the times of day: dawn, daylight, sunset, evening.
4. "Calligraphy: Zahra Partovi/Jerry Kelly; type: Aldus by Hermann Zapf; printing: Wild Carrot Letterpress; etching: D2 Press; paper: Apta Verge Royal by Richard de Bas; binding: Zahra Partovi; box: Hands On Bookbinding"--Colophon. Persian calligraphy throughout by Partovi; title page calligraphy by Kelly. The artist editioned his own prints at D2 Press.

Language (note)

1. In Persian and English; Persian text is reproduced from calligraphy via polymer plates.

Binding (note)

1. Publisher's limp dark blue silk, with exposed long-stitch sewing on spine. Enclosed in dark blue silk-covered clamshell box, with additional color-field etchings inside top and bottom.

Author

1. Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273.

Alternate script for author

1. جلال الدىن رومى, مولانا, 1207-1273.

Title

1. LoverBeloved / Jalaluddin Mohammad Rumi ; translated by Zahra Partovi ; with etchings by T. Kurahara.

Imprint

1. New York : Vincent FitzGerald & Co., 2000.

Local note

1. Spencer Coll. copy is no. 16; signed in pencil by Partovi and Kurahara.

Language

1. In Persian and English; Persian text is reproduced from calligraphy via polymer plates.

Binding

1. Publisher's limp dark blue silk, with exposed long-stitch sewing on spine. Enclosed in dark blue silk-covered clamshell box, with additional color-field etchings inside top and bottom.

Connect to:

1. Publisher's description.

Place of publication

1. United States New York (State) New York.

Added author

1. Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273. Ma̲snavī. Book 1. Selections. English & Persian.
2. Partovi, Zahra.
3. Kurahara, T. Etcher
4. Kelly, Jerry, 1955- Calligrapher
5. Vincent Fitz Gerald & Company. Publisher
6. Wild Carrot Letterpress. Printer
7. Hands On Bookbinding. Binder
8. D2 Press. Printer of plates

LCCN

1. 2011658928

Research call number

1. Spencer Coll. Amer. 2000 12-87