The Rape of the Lock. A Heroi-Comical Poem in Five Cantos ... Embroidered with nine drawings

by Aubrey Beardsley by Aubrey Beardsley, Alexander Pope

$20,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Limited Edition, number 23 of 25 copies on Japanese vellum. 7 full-page illustrations and two illustrations within the text by Beardsley; title-page printed in red and black. Small 4to 10 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches . Original pictorial vellum gilt after design by Beardsley, teg. Slightly bowed, very minor soiling to covers, near fine in cloth slipcase and chemise. Lasner 105. Item #371514 Pope’s immortal satire

• Binding: Leather

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