Menu Close

savoyv1-beardsley-rape-of-the-lock_Page_1

The Rape of The Lock by Alexander Pope. Illustrated by Aubrey Breadsley. January 1896. Mr. Leonard Smithers begs toa nnounce the publication, in February next, of an Edition de Luxe of the above famous Poem, printed in crown quarto size, on good paper, illustrated with eight elaborate drawings by Mr. Aubrey Beardsley, and cound in a pictorial cover. The edition will be a limited one, and the price will be Ten Shillings and Sixpence net percopy. Twenty-five copies will be printed on Japanese Vellum, and will be offered at Two Guineas net per copy. Effingham House Arundel Street Strand, London W.C.