Beardsley (Aubrey).- Wilde (Oscar) Salome: A Tragedy in One Act, translated from the French, first English and first illustrated edition, one of 100 large paper copies on Japanese vellum, Elkin Mathews & John Lane, 1894

Beardsley (Aubrey).- Wilde (Oscar) Salome: A Tragedy in One Act, translated from the French, first English and first illustrated edition, one of 100 large paper copies on Japanese vellum, title & list of plates with pictorial borders, 10 plates and tail-piece by Aubrey Beardsley, 16pp. publisher's catalogue dated 1894 at end, small ink stain to upper margin of pp. 61-64 and following plate, later crushed green half morocco, light toning to spine, joints rubbed, t.e.g., [Gallatin p.46; Lasner 59; Mason 351], small 4to, Elkin Mathews & John Lane, 1894.

*** The limited issue on Japanese vellum of Beardsley's most celebrated work. Wilde had commissioned Beardsley to illustrate the book but was shocked by the results, feeling that the images overpowered his text. Beardsley mocked Wilde in his illustrations, depicting him as the 'Woman in the Moon' and as a jester in 'Enter Herodias'.