{"product_id":"paperblanks-hafizs-peacocks-midi-hardback-journal-plain-144-pages-pb9890-4","title":"Paperblanks Hafiz’s Peacocks Midi Hardback Journal – Plain, 144 Pages","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCapture your ideas, plans and memories in this Hafiz’s Peacocks midi hardback journal from Paperblanks, with 144 plain pages of 120 gsm acid-free paper.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis glorious design comes from the revered artisans at Sangorski \u0026amp; Sutcliffe. Crafted in 1910 to house a collection of works entitled \u003cem\u003eHáfiz̤ of Shíráz: Selections from His Poems,\u003c\/em\u003e it features three stunningly bejewelled peacocks, each inlaid in eight different colours and embellished with foliage and gold tooling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Story Behind the Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis glorious binding comes from the revered artisans at \u003cstrong\u003eSangorski \u0026amp; Sutcliffe\u003c\/strong\u003e, a world-renowned British bindery best known for the bejewelled cover of Omar Khayyam’s \u003cem\u003eRubaiyat\u003c\/em\u003e (also known as the Great Omar), forever lost in the sinking of the Titanic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe beautiful binding reproduced here was crafted in 1910 to house a collection of works by celebrated Persian poet Hafiz, entitled \u003cem\u003eHáfiz̤ of Shíráz: Selections from His Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (translated from the Persian by Herman Bicknell). It was made of red levant morocco with leather joints and green levant morocco flyleaves, with three stunningly bejewelled peacocks with their feathers on full display as the focal point. 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