The reed
By: Jalaluddin Mohammad Rumi ; translated by Zahra Partovi ; etchings by Susan Weil
Contributors: Weil, Susan; Partovi, Zahra; Tsukaguchi, Shigemitsu, etcher; Kelly, Jerry, 1955- , calligrapher; Zapf von Hesse, Gudrun, 1918- , typographer; Kelly/Winterton Press; Wild Carrot Letterpress; Vincent Fitz Gerald & Company; Press Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Vincent FitzGerald & Co.
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Artists' books
Work titles: Mas̲navī. Book 1.
Notes: Accordion-fold format with the English translation of the poem on one side and Persian on the other.  Illustrated with blades of grass extending beyond the tops of the pages on cut and torn paper.  Illustrations on the English side are etchings, on the Persian side, mezzotints.  Cf. Henry, G. Vincent Fitz Gerald: five ruminations. Print collector's newsletter, v. 21, no. 1, 1990, p. 10-12.

"Printing: Wild Carrot Letterpress, Kelly-Winterton; Type: Diotima by Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse; Calligraphy: Jerry Kelly, Zahra Partovi; Etching: Shigemitsu Tsukaguchi; Paper: J.B. Green, Dieu Donné; Binding: Zahra Partovi; Hand coloring: Susan Weil"--Colophon.