Five Centuries of English Book Illustration. Edward Hodnett. England: Scolar Press, 1988. Black cloth boards, dj., with gilt stamped title to spine, 364 pages, 12 x 8 1/2. Two hundred illustrations. Includes a Preface, a List of Plates, Introduction, A Critical Account Of Five Centuries of Literary Illustration, a Selective Catalog Of Illustrations and Illuminated Books, a Bibliography, and extensive Index and Publishers Acknowledgments. In fine condition. Excellent reference.

Illustration #2 (page 190 in the book) is also available for sale. Aubrey Beardsley, "The Peacock Skirt". original line block, 7 1/6 x 5. signed by Beardsley in the block with his emblem, from the 1894 edition of Oscar Wild's "Salome", the first and only edition printed from the blocks.

"This is the first detailed survey of the past five centuries of book illustration in England. It is divided into two parts. Part One, A Critical Account, is a comprehensive analysis of specific artists, books and illustrations. It covers the anonymous word in books by leading printers before 1600 and then the work of over two hundred illustrators up to 1976. Part Two, a Catalog of Illustrations and Books, lists 2700 significant English illustrated books. In addition the two hundred reproduction have been specifically chosen to provide a record of representative illustrations which relate directly to the discussion ...".