BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872–1898), illustrator. –– JOHNSON, Ben. Volpone; or, The Foxe. London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1898. Demy 4to. Frontispiece, 5 large historiated initial capitals and vignettes by Beardsley. Original publisher’s gilt–stamped teal pictorial cloth designed by Beardsley, uncut, unopened (spine darkened, light edge rubbing). LIMITED EDITION, number 33 of 1000 copies on Art Paper. Includes one of the extra photogravure plates that was issued with the one of 100 copies that included a suite of the plates in large format as seen at the beginning of each act, this plate being the one shown on p. 147. –– [Together with:] WALKER, R.A. Some Unknown Drawings of Aubrey Beardsley. London: R.A. Walker, 1923. 4to. Illustrated. Original gilt–lettered cream cloth (finger smudging and spotting to extremities, spine lightly darkened). Provenance: Adrian Homer Goldstone (bookplate), notable bibliophile and author of the John Steinbeck bibliography. LIMITED EDITION, number 198 of 500 copies SIGNED BY WALKER.
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872–1898), illustrator. –– JOHNSON, Ben. Volpone; or, The Foxe. London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1898. Demy 4to. Frontispiece, 5 large historiated initial capitals and vignettes by Beardsley. Original publisher’s gilt–stamped teal pictorial cloth designed by Beardsley, uncut, unopened (spine darkened, light edge rubbing). LIMITED EDITION, number 33 of 1000 copies on Art Paper. Includes one of the extra photogravure plates that was issued with the one of 100 copies that included a suite of the plates in large format as seen at the beginning of each act, this plate being the one shown on p. 147. –– [Together with:] WALKER, R.A. Some Unknown Drawings of Aubrey Beardsley. London: R.A. Walker, 1923. 4to. Illustrated. Original gilt–lettered cream cloth (finger smudging and spotting to extremities, spine lightly darkened). Provenance: Adrian Homer Goldstone (bookplate), notable bibliophile and author of the John Steinbeck bibliography. LIMITED EDITION, number 198 of 500 copies SIGNED BY WALKER.
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