Author: AUBREY BEARDSLEY / AYMER VALLANCE, RAINFORTH ARMITAGE WALKER
Title: Morte d'Arthur Portfolio. Reproductions of eleven designs omitted from the first edition of Le Morte Darthur illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley and published in MDCCCXCIII also those made for the covers of the issue in parts and a facsimile print of the Merlin drawing
Description: London, J.M. Dent. 1927. Original cream vellum with gilt floral decoration. Sheepskin spine titled in gilt. Limited edition of 300 numbered copies. This is no. 138. With a foreword by Aimer Vallance and a note on the omitted designs by Rainford Armitage Walker. Decorative woodcut initials. Contains the 11 chapter headings omitted from the first edition, the Merlin illustration, a (tipped in) sketch for a cover design that was not used and the cover design for the original issue in parts. 45,(2) pp. 26,5 x 21 cm. A very fine copy. Fine.

Keywords: Illustration, Art Nouveau, Aubrey Beardsley Literature


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