{"product_id":"1906-riviere-bindings-first-and-second-series-of-palgraves-golden-treasury-in-superb-morocco","title":"1906 RIVIERE BINDINGS. First and Second Series of Palgrave's Golden Treasury in Superb Morocco.","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn absolutely superb edition of both series of Francis Turner Palgrave's \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Treasury\u003c\/i\u003e bound by the renowned London firm Riviere \u0026amp; Son, featuring a luxurious full dark-green crushed levant morocco binding crafted in the turn-of-the-century Arts and Crafts tradition. The covers are intricately decorated with elaborate gilt-tooled floral and leaf motifs framing central roundels, complemented by five raised bands on the spine with gilt-patterned compartments, fine gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, and all-gilt page edges. This binding was used on a very limited number of Palgrave volumes and also on a small quantity of \u003cem\u003eThe Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam\u003c\/em\u003e. We trace several examples of \u003cem\u003eThe Rubaiyat\u003c\/em\u003e, but none of the \u003cem\u003eGolden Treasury. \u003c\/em\u003eBindings of the very highest order.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePalgrave, Francis T. The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and Arranged with Notes. Revised and Enlarged. London. Macmillan and Co. 1906. 387pp\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[with]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePalgrave, Francis T. The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and Arranged with Notes. Second Series. London. Macmillan and Co. 1908. 279pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNear fine with very minor color softening to spine as usual. Else nearly pristine with appropriate patination to gold tooling and foredges, etc. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51302452133924,"sku":null,"price":1450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/08-26-2026SpecsFineBooks-4.jpg?v=1787859926","url":"https:\/\/specsfinebooks.com\/products\/1906-riviere-bindings-first-and-second-series-of-palgraves-golden-treasury-in-superb-morocco","provider":"Specs Fine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}