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Oscar Wilde (b. 1854, d. 1900)

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (b. 1872, d. 1898)

Oscar Wilde: Salome. A tragedy in one act: translated from the French of Oscar Wilde. Pictured by Aubrey Beardsley. London 1894. 1st English ed., limited to 500 copies. With 10 full page illustrations and one final vignette. Bound in publisher's full blue cloth, with gilt decorations. Minor soiling. In slipcase.

First published in French the previous year without Beardsley's illustrations due to censorship problems: the production of the play had its license withheld by the Lord Chamberlain on the grounds of its having introduced biblical characters.

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Books and manuscripts, 19 March 2019

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