BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-98, illustrator) -- Thomas MALORY (fl. 1470). The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of his Noble Knights of the Round Table ... and in the end Le Morte Darthur, [London:] J. M. Dent, 1893-94. 2 volumes, 4° (238 x 190mm). 2 engraved frontispieces, illustrations, some full-page, and decorations by Aubrey Beardsley. (Small piece torn away from margin of one text leaf.) Original yellow decorated cloth gilt to a stylised floral design by Beardsley, top edges gilt (faded, lightly rubbed). LIMITED TO 1,800 COPIES, THIS ONE OF 1,500 "ORDINARY COPIES". Provenance : "E.M.H.C. from M.L.H.J. Nov. 1938." Lasner 22; Ray 314. (2)
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-98, illustrator) -- Thomas MALORY (fl. 1470). The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of his Noble Knights of the Round Table ... and in the end Le Morte Darthur, [London:] J. M. Dent, 1893-94. 2 volumes, 4° (238 x 190mm). 2 engraved frontispieces, illustrations, some full-page, and decorations by Aubrey Beardsley. (Small piece torn away from margin of one text leaf.) Original yellow decorated cloth gilt to a stylised floral design by Beardsley, top edges gilt (faded, lightly rubbed). LIMITED TO 1,800 COPIES, THIS ONE OF 1,500 "ORDINARY COPIES". Provenance : "E.M.H.C. from M.L.H.J. Nov. 1938." Lasner 22; Ray 314. (2)
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