![BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-98, illustrator) -- Oscar WILDE (1854-1900). Salome. A Tragedy in One Act: translated from the French [by Lord Alfred Douglas], London: Elkin Matthews & John Lane, 1894. Small 4° (208 x 150mm). Half title, frontispiece, title and "list of the pictures" border decorations, 9 plates and tail-piece illustration by Aubrey Beardsley, 15-page publisher's advertisement at end. Original blue cloth with designs after Aubrey Beardsley stamped in gilt on covers, uncut (very lightly rubbed and stained). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. LIMITED TO 755 COPIES, THIS ONE OF 500 FOR ENGLAND. Mason 350; Lasner 59.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2003/CSK/2003_CSK_09639_0041_000(060704).jpg?w=1)
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BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-98, illustrator) -- Oscar WILDE (1854-1900). Salome. A Tragedy in One Act: translated from the French [by Lord Alfred Douglas], London: Elkin Matthews & John Lane, 1894. Small 4° (208 x 150mm). Half title, frontispiece, title and "list of the pictures" border decorations, 9 plates and tail-piece illustration by Aubrey Beardsley, 15-page publisher's advertisement at end. Original blue cloth with designs after Aubrey Beardsley stamped in gilt on covers, uncut (very lightly rubbed and stained). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. LIMITED TO 755 COPIES, THIS ONE OF 500 FOR ENGLAND. Mason 350; Lasner 59.
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