Alberto Sangorski

The Books

Prayers (R. L. Stevenson)

Biographic Notes

Alberto Sangorski (1862-1932) started his career as secretary to a goldsmith's firm. At the age of 43, he was attracted to the calligraphy and binding work of his younger brother Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe. He quickly developed unusual skills in calligraphy and illumination. One of his greatest achievements was an illuminated manuscript of Omar Khayyám's Rubáiyát which went down in the Titanic disaster.

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His brother, Francis Sangorski founded with George Sutcliffe, the famous British bookbinding firm Sangorski and Sutcliffe.