![]() His drawings are quite wonderful.' ( Complete Letters, 2000, p. Wilde described Beardsley as 'a very brilliant and wonderful artist.' Writing to Mrs Patrick Campbell in March 1894 he noted that Beardsley '.has just illustrated my play of Salomé for me. The first edition in English and first appearance of Beardsley's illustrations. publisher's catalogue dated January 1894 at end, original blue cloth, lettering in gilt with designs on upper and lower cover, collector's chemise and blue cloth slipcase, some plates loose, extremities slightly worn and faded, bookplate LONDON: ELKIN MATHEWS & JOHN LANE, 1894Ĥto, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, one of 500 copies, frontispiece, pictorial title-page and list of illustrations, 9 illustrations, tailpiece and cover design by Aubrey Beardsley, 16pp. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF OSCAR WILDE. ![]()
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