[BEARDSLEY, AUBREY.] Ben Jonson. Volpone or the Foxe. A new editon. With... a frontispiece, five initial letters and a cover design illustrative and decorative by Aubrey Beardsley. With a eulogy on the artist by Robert Ross. New York, 1898. 4to, original vellum gilt, covers slightly bowed, front joint cracked, t.e.g. others uncut. LIMITED EDITION, number 43 of 100 numbered copies on Imperial Japanese vellum, each of the 5 initials enlarged on a separate plate.

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[BEARDSLEY, AUBREY.] Ben Jonson. Volpone or the Foxe. A new editon. With... a frontispiece, five initial letters and a cover design illustrative and decorative by Aubrey Beardsley. With a eulogy on the artist by Robert Ross. New York, 1898. 4to, original vellum gilt, covers slightly bowed, front joint cracked, t.e.g. others uncut. LIMITED EDITION, number 43 of 100 numbered copies on Imperial Japanese vellum, each of the 5 initials enlarged on a separate plate.
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Harrison D. Horblit

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Beardsley died on 16 March 1898, before his Volpone illustrations had been completed.

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