Lot 2122 , Malory, Sir Thomas - Morte Darthur: The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of his Knights of the Round Table....With an introduction by Professor Rhys and embellished with many original designs by Aubrey Beardsley. (the

° Malory, Sir Thomas - Morte Darthur: The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of his Knights of the Round Table....With an introduction by Professor Rhys and embellished with many original designs by Aubrey Beardsley. (the 2nd Beardsley edition, 1500 copies printed). pictorial title and 20 engraved plates (5 double page), many text illus. and decorations; publisher's gilt ruled and decorated cloth, gilt top with other edges rough trimmed, contents leaf loose, ink ownership inscription to inner front fly leaf, with original prospectus and specimen plate inserted, roy. 8vo. Dent & Sons, London, 1909. Note: Beardsley's first significant work was an intricately illustrated edition of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, presented in a facsimile format of Caxton's 1485 typographic classic. Beardsley's illustrations for this masterpiece feature a blend of knights, fauns, swans, and fantastical figures, all rendered in his distinctive "fin de siècle" style. The second edition includes 18 drawings that were not present in the original 1893-94 edition.
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