Salome : a tragedy in one act
Book
1894 (published)
1894 (published)
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[12], 66, [2], 14, [4] p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. incl. plates, title-page and boarders. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
To my friend Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas the translator of my play: p. [9].
First English edition.
Of this edition 500 copies have been printed for England: p. [4].
Signatures: pip6s, A-Hp4s, Ep2s, [1]p4s, 2p4s, chib1s.
Illustrated title page and list of illustrations.
Pages [1]-[16] at end are publisher's catalogue dated January 1894; final leaf, p. [17]-[18], blank.
Gold-stamped blue cloth binding.
38041985018803 Exhibited at Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley: a Russian Perspective. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 22 Sept. - 1 Dec., 2014.
Notes:
To my friend Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas the translator of my play: p. [9].
First English edition.
Of this edition 500 copies have been printed for England: p. [4].
Signatures: pip6s, A-Hp4s, Ep2s, [1]p4s, 2p4s, chib1s.
Illustrated title page and list of illustrations.
Pages [1]-[16] at end are publisher's catalogue dated January 1894; final leaf, p. [17]-[18], blank.
Gold-stamped blue cloth binding.
38041985018803 Exhibited at Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley: a Russian Perspective. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 22 Sept. - 1 Dec., 2014.
Object details
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| Title | Salome : a tragedy in one act |
| Materials and techniques | Re-backed full cloth case binding with gold stamped tooling to spine and centre of boards. Single fold tipped-in endpapers. Sewn on two tapes with mull spine lining. |
| Brief description | Book, Salome : a tragedy in one act / translated from the French of Oscar Wilde ; pictured by Aubrey Beardsley, London : Elkin Mathews & John Lane ; Boston : Copeland & Day, 1894. |
| Physical description | [12], 66, [2], 14, [4] p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. incl. plates, title-page and boarders. ; 22 cm. Notes: To my friend Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas the translator of my play: p. [9]. First English edition. Of this edition 500 copies have been printed for England: p. [4]. Signatures: pip6s, A-Hp4s, Ep2s, [1]p4s, 2p4s, chib1s. Illustrated title page and list of illustrations. Pages [1]-[16] at end are publisher's catalogue dated January 1894; final leaf, p. [17]-[18], blank. Gold-stamped blue cloth binding. 38041985018803 Exhibited at Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley: a Russian Perspective. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 22 Sept. - 1 Dec., 2014. |
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| Library number | L.1880-1985 |
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