Pope,Alexander. The Rape of the Lock
The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope an Heroi-Comical Poem in Five Cantos
Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley ‘embroidered with 11 drawings’.
Hardback 1st edition thus original red and gold cloth boards embossed with a design by Beardsley.
Leonard Smithers Royal Arcade London 1897
1050 edition size ownership signature and date on title page
Reproduction of the cover design to the 1896 edition on page 3.
Very good
“The publisher thinks that the reduction in size of the plates in this edition in no way injured their attractiveness or brilliancy; a new cover design has been furnished by Mr Beardsley and the cover design to the 1896 edition is reproduced on the third page of this volume.’
