{"product_id":"beardsley-aubrey-illustrator-a-book-of-fifty-drawings-with-an-iconography-by-aymer-vallance","title":"BEARDSLEY, Aubrey ( illustrator ). A Book of Fifty Drawings … with an Iconography by Aymer Vallance.","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"font-variant: small-caps\"\u003eWith the First Beardsley Iconography\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBEARDSLEY, Aubrey (\u003ci\u003eillustrator\u003ci\u003e).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e A Book of Fifty Drawings … with an Iconography by Aymer Vallance. \u003ci\u003eLondon\u003c\/i\u003e: [\u003ci\u003eP. Naumann for\u003c\/i\u003e] \u003ci\u003eLeonard Smithers\u003c\/i\u003e. [January] 1897.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[\u003ci\u003eoffered with\u003c\/i\u003e:]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e —. \u003c\/strong\u003eA Second Book of Fifty Drawings. \u003ci\u003eLondon\u003c\/i\u003e: [\u003ci\u003eP. Naumann for\u003c\/i\u003e] \u003ci\u003eLeonard Smithers \u0026amp; Co.\u003c\/i\u003e 1899.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo volumes, 4to. Publisher’s vellum over boards, upper boards lettered and decorated in gilt to designs by Beardsley, spines lettered directly in gilt, top-edges gilt; \u003ci\u003eA Book of Fifty Drawings\u003c\/i\u003e: pp. [8], 212; 50 full-page drawings by Beardsley included in pagination, signed and numbered by Leonard Smithers to front free endpaper verso in black ink; \u003ci\u003eA Second Book of Fifty Drawings\u003c\/i\u003e: pp. 213, [1 (blank)]; frontispiece and 50 plates by Beardsley included in pagination, silhouette of Beardsley to final recto, limitation page numbered in light brown ink; light soiling to spine of \u003ci\u003eA Second Book of Fifty Drawings\u003c\/i\u003e, slightly heavier discolouration to spine and boards of \u003ci\u003eA Book of Fifty Drawings\u003c\/i\u003e, with a few small marks; uniform light toning to both vols; nonetheless a beautiful set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeardsley’s \u003ci\u003eBook of Fifty Drawings\u003c\/i\u003e (no. 12 of 50 copies) and \u003ci\u003eA Second Book of Fifty Drawings\u003c\/i\u003e (no. 3 of 50), both belonging to the scarce limited editions on Japanese vellum and bound in gilt vellum, the first signed and numbered by Leonard Smithers; an attractive and nicely matched set.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeardsley himself had selected the fifty drawings included in \u003ci\u003eA Book of Fifty Drawings\u003c\/i\u003e, five of which appear here for the first time; ‘Vallance’s iconography, the first attempt to list the artist’s works, was revised for Robert Ross’s \u003ci\u003eAubrey Beardsley\u003c\/i\u003e’ (Samuels Lasner). Twenty-nine of the fifty drawings in \u003ci\u003eA Second Book\u003c\/i\u003e appear for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGertner Zatlin 954, 1062; Samuels Lasner 112 and 132.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU: \u003c\/strong\u003e2124713\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Henry Sotheran Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64326552060281,"sku":"2124713","price":4750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0045\/2178\/7426\/files\/2124713b.jpg?v=1787325489","url":"https:\/\/sotherans.co.uk\/products\/beardsley-aubrey-illustrator-a-book-of-fifty-drawings-with-an-iconography-by-aymer-vallance","provider":"Sotherans","version":"1.0","type":"link"}