The Great Omar (Sangorski & Sutcliffe) Digital Recreation Poster from Shepherds Bookbinders

The poster says (excluding address, telephone, and fax listed at bottom):

"This exquisitely bound edition of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayám was lost when it went down with the Titanic in 1912. The Great Omar, as it is affectionately known, was bound by the famous craft bookbinding firm of Sangorski & Sutcliffe. It took two years of continuous work to create, boasting over 1,000 precious and semi-precious stones and 1,500 separate pieces of leather. The binding is recognised as one of the finest examples of the bookbinder's craft. The Great Omar now lies in an oak casket at the bottom of the Atlantic."

"The only visual record of the book is an old black and white photograph and recently discovered glass negatives. With the help of the original patterns and contemporary descriptions the binding has been recreated digitally to actual size by Richard Green and Trickett & Webb."

"Shepherds Bookbinders incorporating Sangorski & Sutcliffe and Zaehnsdorf"

On the side, vertically, it says: "Designed by Trickett & Webb Limited • Printed in England by Ventura Litho". It also has a logo next to the long caption/description beneath the book cover recreation.

As the poster didn't indicate a year it was made, I reached out to the company and they said that it was produced in 2001 to coincide with a book about the Great Omar's story/history, which was published in the 100 year anniversary of Sangorski & Sutcliffe (which the poster itself says is 1901).

The framing was done by a custom framing shop local to me. I tried to crop it and the floor rug out as much as possible.