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Lot 170
Sale 741 - Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Jun 23, 2020
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[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. BEARDSLEY, Aubrey Vincent (1872-1898), Illustrator. -- JONSON, Ben (1572-1637). Volpone, or the Fox. New York: John Lane, 1898.
4to. 13 illustrations by Beardsley, extra suite of 6 plates. (Slight toning, minor staining along upper margin.) Publisher's vellum, elaborately gilt upper cover, top edge gilt (covers bowed, some soiling, small portion of upper joint starting).
LIMITED EDITION, number 38 of 100 copies on Imperial Japanese vellum with an extra suite of 6 plates with larger versions of the illustrations at the beginning of each act.