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Salome : a tragedy in one act

Book
1894 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

[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.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleSalome : 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.
Dimensions
  • Head to tail of closed book length: 218mm (Closed book) (Note: Measured in Book Conservation measuring box)
  • Width of closed book width: 158mm (Closed book) (Note: Measured in Book Conservation measuring box)
  • Depth of closed book depth: 16mm (Closed book) (Note: Measured in Book Conservation measuring box)
Other numbers
  • 38041985018803 - NAL barcode
  • 95.QQ.80 - NAL Pressmark
  • 8660 - Horizon bib. number
Collection
Library number
L.1880-1985

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