[Fine Binding | Harcourt Bindery] Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Roycrofters Limited to 550 copies

Limited to 550 copies

There was also a planned edition of 400 regular copies which was not issued

A superb example of an early 20th century Arts & Crafts-era embroidered binding

Title vignette with red background

[Fine Binding | Harcourt Bindery] Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Roycrofters Limited to 550 copiesFitzgerald, Edward (trans.). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1884. Printed at the Riverside Press. First trade edition with Elihu Vedder's illustrations, following the elephant folio edition (limited to 100 copies). Featuring Vedder's 56 full page illustrations and calligraphy, which have all been mounted on larger sheets. Bound in full medium brown morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with a beautiful Grolieresque design, with