JONSON, Ben (?1573-1637) & Aubrey BEARDSLEY (1872-98, illustrator). Volpone: or The Foxe ... With a Critical Essay on the Author by Vincent O'Sullivan ... together with an eulogy of the artist by Robert Ross. London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. 4°. 2 half titles, wood-engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, large initials by Aubrey Beardsley. Original decorated vellum gilt (some light spotting to lower cover). Provenance: George Kitchin (bookplate). NUMBER 17 OF 100 COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE VELLUM WITH AN EXTRA SET OF 5 PLATES PRINTED IN PHOTOGRAVURE. Lasner 129.