[Vellucent Panel] Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Roycrofters “The ballads have red initial

“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)

Appears to have been used as a guest book by a single family from 1920-1967

Aux XVe et XVIe Siecles

similar to that of Annie Power

along with three cut signatures:

[Vellucent Panel] Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Roycrofters “The ballads have red initialFitzgerald, 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