[Fine Binding | Alfred De Sauty] Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Fine Bindings South Harting

South Harting

Five bands to spine with title to second compartment and curvilinear rules and gilt dots to remaining compartments

Bound in 3/4 grey-brown morocco by the Roycroft bindery with five bands to spine

Limited to 87 copies on Imperial Japan paper

two glossy leaves with examples of the border decoration laid in

[Fine Binding | Alfred De Sauty] Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Fine Bindings South HartingFitzgerald, Edward (trans). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Siegle, Hill & Co., [no date but circa 1905 1910]. Printed at the Astolat Press. Bound in full deep purple morocco by Alfred De Sauty, with an arabesque design to the front cover built up of flowers, leaves, and small inlaid green roundlets. Gilt dots extend outwards from the design, with additional green roundlets at the corners. Three bands to spine with title to second compartment and gilt dots