The Kasîdah (couplets) of Hâjî Abdû el-Yezdî : a lay of the higher law / translated and annotated by his friend and pupil, F.B. (Sir Richard F. Burton).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890, author.

Contributor:

Nash, John Henry, 1871-1947, printer.

Reinhardt, Aurelia Henry, 1877-1948, writer of introduction.

Sweeney, Dan, illustrator.

Book Club of California, publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sufi poetry.

Genre:

poetry.

Poetry.

English poetry

Marbled paper bindings (Binding)

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Caslon.

Glaslan (Paper).

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain -Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

vii, [3], 52, [2] pages ; 32 cm

Other Title:

Lay of the higher law

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : The Book Club of California, MDCCCCXIX [1919]

Notes:

Introduction signed Aurelia Henry Reinhardt ; decorations by Dan Sweeney.

"Printed by John Henry Nash, San Francisco, in December MDCCCCXIX. This edition consists of five hundred copies."

Color title vignette; head-pieces.

Printed from Caslon roman and italic type on Glaslan paper.

Not a translation; an original work by Burton. Cf. page iv and National union catalog.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has number 433. Many leaves uncut.

Cited in:

O'Day, N. A catalogue of books printed by John Henry Nash, pages 11-12

OCLC:

2402333