Lot 72
Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, Leonard Smithers, 1896.
Hammer Price: £7,500
Description
Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, title printed in red and black, frontispiece, 6 plates and 2 illustrations, all by Aubrey Beardsley, Blairhame morocco book label to front pastedown, original pictorial vellum, gilt after a design by Beardsley, some light marking to endpapers, original pictorial vellum, gilt, slight bowing to covers, spine a little rubbed and dulled but a bright and excellent copy generally, t.e.g., others uncut, preserved in custom vellum-backed drop-back box, [Lasner 105], 4to, Leonard Smithers, 1896.
⁂ A lovely example of one of Beardsley's rarest and most technically accomplished works.
This copy with the book label of noted collector and bibliophile Natalie Knowlton Blair (1887-1951).
Description
Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, title printed in red and black, frontispiece, 6 plates and 2 illustrations, all by Aubrey Beardsley, Blairhame morocco book label to front pastedown, original pictorial vellum, gilt after a design by Beardsley, some light marking to endpapers, original pictorial vellum, gilt, slight bowing to covers, spine a little rubbed and dulled but a bright and excellent copy generally, t.e.g., others uncut, preserved in custom vellum-backed drop-back box, [Lasner 105], 4to, Leonard Smithers, 1896.
⁂ A lovely example of one of Beardsley's rarest and most technically accomplished works.
This copy with the book label of noted collector and bibliophile Natalie Knowlton Blair (1887-1951).
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