THE ROMANTIC AGONY. LIVRES & ESTAMPES. VENDREDI 16 MAI 2014, 13h. BRUXELLES.

Vendredi 16 mai 2014

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Lot n° 472
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[Beardsley] - O’sullivan, Vincent - Houses of sin. London, Leonard Smithers, 1897, 8vo,

Estimation : €150/200
Adjudication : 220 €
Description
publ. boards, gilt design by Aubrey Beardsley on covers (sm. spot on the front cover, not affecting the design, spine sl. rubbed). 1st ed. limited to 400 copies (nr. 83). With the famous gilt cover design by Aubrey Beardsley. The american vincent O’sullivan was a friend and benefactor of Oscar Wilde and aubrey Beardsley, and, according to Holbrook Jackson, one of the key authors of the “nineties decadence”.
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