Lot 869
869
BEARDSLEY -- WILDE, O. Salomé. A tragedy in one act. Introd. R. Ross. Lond./N.Y., The Bodley Head/John Lane Company, 1912. xviii, (6), 65, (2) pp. W. tog. 16 plates by Aubrey Beardsley. Sm-4°. Or. green gilt dec. cl. des. by Beardsley. (Bind. a bit soiled/slightly faded in places, owner's name/address on free endpaper, slightly foxed in places).
Lasner 59D; Taylor p. 96f: "(...) the illustrations for Salomé probably represent the peak of Beardsley's career (...)"; Mason 355. English translation by Alfred Douglas; the first French ed. was published in Paris, 1893.€ 100
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