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Malory, Sir Thomas. Le Morte D'Arthur. With Illustrations and Ornaments by Aubrey Beardsley. London: Studio Editions, 1993.
Oversize hardcover with dust jacket. Quarto; 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches; 624 pages; profusely illustrated.
Black cloth covered boards with gilt decoration to match dust jacket, gilt rubbed in places, boards clean and square, pages clean and crisp, binding sound. Black and gold dust jacket with light rubbing and edge wear, now in protective mylar cover.
This beautiful book is a facsimile of Dent's second edition issued in 1909, which was limited to only 1,000 copies for the United Kingdom and 500 for America and brought together all the parts into a single volume. It contains ten extra drawings by Beardsley, which had somehow been omitted from the first edition, but reappeared when it came to publishing the second.
The combination of classic literature and remarkable illustration make this a unique book that will appeal as much to the art collector as to the book lover.
Oversize hardcover with dust jacket. Quarto; 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches; 624 pages; profusely illustrated.
Black cloth covered boards with gilt decoration to match dust jacket, gilt rubbed in places, boards clean and square, pages clean and crisp, binding sound. Black and gold dust jacket with light rubbing and edge wear, now in protective mylar cover.
This beautiful book is a facsimile of Dent's second edition issued in 1909, which was limited to only 1,000 copies for the United Kingdom and 500 for America and brought together all the parts into a single volume. It contains ten extra drawings by Beardsley, which had somehow been omitted from the first edition, but reappeared when it came to publishing the second.
The combination of classic literature and remarkable illustration make this a unique book that will appeal as much to the art collector as to the book lover.
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