Wilde Salome 1894 500 copies
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7500 SEK
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5 000-6 000 SEK
Beskrivning
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. WILDE, OSCAR. Salome A Tragedy in one Act: translated from the French... London (Elkin Matthews & John Lane), Boston (Copeland & Day) 1894.
8vo (215x155 mm). One of 500 copies. Frontispiece, 9 plates and illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley,
16 pages publisher´s catalogue at end (unopened).
Original blue cloth gilt stamped with device by Beardsley in gilt, partly worn and faded, spine faded. Text untrimmed. Some notes in pencil on first free endpaper.
Wilde´s Salome was initially rehearsed in the summer of 1892 for a production at the Palace Theatre starring Sarah Bernhardt in the title role. However, owing to the representation of Biblical characters in the play, the Lord Chamberlain refused a licence and the premiere was moved to Paris. Consequently, the play was first published in French in 1893, with this first English edition, augmented with Beardsley´s striking illustrations, appearing the year after.
First English edition. Translated by Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas to which the book is dedicated.
Auktionsnummer:
6077
Datum:
2016-12-20