CEDRIC CHIVERS [book binder]
Omar Khayyam
London: MacMillan and Co 1903.
Bound in contemporary full tan calf, finely decorated in relief with an image of a young woman, and highlighted in gilt, the back cover also with art nouveau patterning and gilt highlighting, marbled endpapers. Bound by the celebrated English book binder Cedric Chivers, and with his name within the gilt filets on the inside back cover. The binding is square and firm, a little light rubbing to the front cover and a small sprinkle of light foxing to the endpapers, clean and bright. Housed in a custom-made box. A beautiful book.