A Beardsley Miscellany

Illustrated throughout, this is a beautifully illustrated limited edition study and celebration of the works of Aubrey Beardsley. The first edition of this work, with this being number 223 of 500 limited edition copies produced.With twenty-one leaves of illustrations from Beardsley. Collated, complete.Edited by R. A. Walker, this work studies the artistic output of Aubrey Beardsley, the English illustrator and author known for his black ink drawings, which frequently depicted the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He was a leading figure in the aesthetic movement.Former owner's inscriptions, dated 1949 and 1967 to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Light shelf wear to back strip tail, otherwise externally excellent. Inscriptions to front free endpaper, with spotting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed.