Ben Jonson, His Volpone: or the Foxe

New York: John Lane, 1898. A New Edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Aubrey Beardsley. Published by John Lane, New York, 1898, being the First Beardsley Edition (title page says "A New Edition"). Published a year following his death. Copy #245 of 1000 copies, printed and published for the U.S. and England. Cover design by Aubrey Beardsley, being in gilt to front cover, edges gilt-ruled, and board edges beveled. Big, tall, sturdy quarto format, moderate rubbing to extremities, scuffing to tips, rubbing to joints, edges. Very lightly soiling to endpapers, heavy toning only to first and final endpaper, else clean and unmarked but for previous owner's inscription. Augmented with a fine, involved frontispiece, five large historiated initial letters, and a vignette tot title page. Considered roundly to be one of Aubrey Beardsley's finest works, he having just completed the art-editing and illustration of The Yellow Book, which ran from 1895-1897. Vincent O'Sullivan adds a warm, comprehensive biography of one of the 17th century giants of art, culture and literature, Ben Jonson, and Robert Ross, pays due homage to Aubrey Beardsley's life and works, too. Quite scarce in the trade, there being only two additional copies available currently. xlv [2], 5-193 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.