8vo. 10 line-block plates by Aubrey Beardsley; 16pp. publisher's advertisements at end. Original blue cloth gilt, uncut (lower hinge starting, rear flyleaf disbound, some light rubbing and wear). 

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, the first edition to include Beardsley's illustrations, one of only 500 copies printed. IN 1891, Wilde wrote his play in French, and the first production was in Paris in 1896. Because it depicted Biblical characters, the play was banned in Britan and not performed publicly there until 1931. Mason 350.