AUBREY BEARDSLEY (BRITISH 1872-1898)
THE BIRTH, LIFE AND ACTS OF KING ARTHUR
£945
Auction: 25 January 2023 from 10:00 GMT
Description
The Text as written by Sir Thomas Malory and imprinted by William Caxton at Westminster in the Year MCCCCLXXXV. Now spelled in Modern Style. With an Introduction by Professor Rhys and embellished with many Original Designs by Aubrey Beardsley.
London: J. M. Dent, 1893-4.
First edition, one of 1500 copies on ordinary paper, 2 volumes, 4to, original cream cloth, floral Art Nouveau design by Aubrey Beardsley gilt to spines and front covers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, half-titles (each with limitation statement verso), photogravure frontispieces (on india paper, mounted as issued), 18 line-block plates (4 double-page), line-block text-illustrations, decorative borders, chapter-headings and tailpieces throughout, colophon leaf to each volume