The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:
Unknown Year Edgar Backus Anthony Rado Edition

A small, slim edition from Edgar Backus with the illustrations of Anthony Rado. The illustrations are intense and have an interesting sheen to them.

The cover of my copy is quite faded.

Publisher: Edgar Backus (Leicester)

Press: The Victory Press

Year: n.d.

Artist: Anthony Rado

Added to Site: 2023-02-25

The Book Itself

Cover

Endsheet & Flyleaf

Frontispiece

Title page

List of Illustrations

"Printed by The Victory Press, Leicester, England" - Printed on the bottom of the last quatrain page

Very economical use of space.

Quatrains 1-3

Quatrains 14-18

Quatrains 19-23

Quatrains 29-33

I’m fond of the aesthetic and direction brought by Anthony Rado. It has its own vibrant, otherworldly air.

Art of tower

Art of people in garden

Art of lion looking at art of hunter

Art of man before door flanked by two green stone elephants

According to this website, Anthony Rado also illustrated Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. This is assuming it’s the same Anthony Rado, of course.