[Vellucent Panel] Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Roycrofters Tipped-in B&W illustrations on fine

Tipped-in B&W illustrations on fine China paper with tissue guards

vignette headpieces on text pages

the exhibition being referenced would have been the famous exhibition of "Japanese Color Prints"

“The ballads have red initial letters and are embellished by beautiful symbolical borders in black and white: the text is printed direct from a new font of type [ATF Satanick]” (Publishers Weekly)

Aux XVe et XVIe Siecles

[Vellucent Panel] Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Roycrofters Tipped-in B&W illustrations on fineFitzgerald, Edward, translator. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. London: Macmillan & Co., 1909. Bound in red morocco with front cover featuring a central curvilinear gilt decoration, accented with flowers in each corner, surrounding a small vellucent panel in watercolor. Gilt lettering to spine. Though unsigned, almost assuredly done by the bindery Cedric Chivers, given the technique on display. Pink mottled endpapers. Measures approx. 3. 5" x 4. 5". Light