BINDING – CHIVERS, Cedric (1854–1929), binder; OMAR KHAYYÁM (1048–1131). Rubáiyát. Translated by E. Fitzgerald. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited; New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903.

Vivid Art Nouveau painted vellucent binding by Chivers.

Octavo (200 × 135mm). Half-title (light spotting, occasional small stains). Contemporary vellum binding signed by Cedric Chivers of Bath, continuous vellucent watercolor across covers and spine, upper cover with nude red-haired woman holding a vase standing before grapevines, lower cover with a dove in a tree above an open book, woodwind instrument and jug, continuous wave motif, painted title on spine, covers and spine tooled in gold, marbled endleaves (boards bowed, turn-ins peeling in places with some tears in endleaves).