EXRare EDMUND DULAC Rubaiyat Art Nouveau 1ST 1909!!!

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EDMUND DULAC ILLUSTRATES "THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM" 1ST EDITION 1909 RARE AND BEAUTIFUL This is a beautiful Original 1st Edition of the Classic EDMUND DULAC Illustrated Art Nouveau Masterpiece "RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM" TRANSLATED BY THE EXCELLENT AND SOUGHT AFTER - EDWARD FITZGERALD This beautifully illustrated book is one of the scarcest and most sought after of Edmund Dulac's books ever printed! It is just dripping in Art Nouveau / Pre-Raphaelite /Arabian style artwork WONDERFUL PERFECT TIPPED-IN COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS BY EDMUND DULAC Original 1st edition form!! Absolutely fantastic!! THIS IS EDMUND DULAC AT HIS ART NOUVEAU BEST!! Of course together with the Arabian/Fairy Tale feel of which Dulac was the master, this makes this a book that is a real classic This is full of fabulous Art Nouveau / Arts and Crafts Illustrations - just look at the Art Nouveau lines in these!!! Just look at the photographs to give you a feel for the amazing quality of these illustrations - the detail is fantastic!! So many of these book are split up for their illustrations - this one is complete and extremely clean - 20 Color Tipped in Plates!!! Edmund Dulac of course greatly influenced Arthur Rackham, Heath Robinson and Kay Nielsen, and was influenced by Will Bradley, Beardsley, Alphonse Mucha, Gustave Dore, and many others - and is read more