The Rape of the Lock

Alexander Pope Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley

Editore: Leonard Smithers, 1896

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Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley Published by Leonard Smithers, Arundel Street , London 1896 1st. edition thus, small quarto (265x200x14mm), original blue cloth, gilt blocked with Beardsley design, gilt lettered spine, slight wear to gilt, minor wear to caps, bevelled boards,slight browning on a few pages, nine drawings by Beardsley, two contemporary bookplates on front paste down and front free endpaper, a good copy. "It was at the suggestion of Edmund Gosse that Beardsley undertook to illustrate this poem. But he seldom illustrated anything literally: rather he made graphic comments on the text.which explains the use of the word 'embroidered' on the title page." from Beardsley by Brian Reade. Beardsley, a true original, an influence on (or should we say copied by) so many. Codice articolo ABE-1636498060776

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Titolo: The Rape of the Lock

Casa editrice: Leonard Smithers

Data di pubblicazione: 1896

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Good

Edizione: 1st Edition