{"product_id":"ben-jonson-aubrey-beardsley-volpone-or-the-foxe-limited-first-beardsley-edition-no-424-1000-1898","title":"Ben Jonson \u0026 Aubrey Beardsley — Volpone: or The Foxe, Limited First Beardsley Edition No. 424\/1000 (1898)","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJONSON, BEN; illustrated and designed by AUBREY BEARDSLEY.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBen Jonson: His Volpone; or, The Foxe.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLondon: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1898.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst Beardsley-illustrated edition of Ben Jonson’s celebrated satirical comedy, published shortly after the artist’s death at the age of 25.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a critical essay on Jonson by Vincent O’Sullivan and a substantial eulogy of Beardsley by his friend and literary executor Robert Ross. Illustrated and decorated with Beardsley’s elaborate frontispiece, five ornamental initial letters, and his gilt binding design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeardsley proposed the project to publisher Leonard Smithers and initially envisioned as many as 24 illustrations. His declining health allowed him to complete only the binding, frontispiece, and decorative initials before his death on March 16, 1898. The frontispiece, \u003cem\u003eVolpone Adoring His Treasure\u003c\/em\u003e, became one of the artist’s best-known late compositions and reflects the increasingly modeled, richly shaded style of his final work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of 1,000 numbered copies printed on art paper for England and America; this is copy 424. Publisher’s original blue-green cloth, elaborately stamped in gilt on the covers and spine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the bookplate of Luigi Cora on the front pastedown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Beardsley-illustrated edition, no. 424 of 1,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Frontispiece and five ornamental initials by Aubrey Beardsley, with his gilt binding design.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Quarto, 29 × 21.5 cm (approximately 11¼ × 8½ inches).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Minor rubbing and wear to the boards and extremities. Endpapers lightly toned and page edges somewhat worn; very good overall.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Breething Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48235451252966,"sku":"BB-000276","price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/7931\/5942\/files\/b2_fafd2775-5ed4-451b-9a1c-95849d8ed3df.jpg?v=1787596865","url":"https:\/\/www.breethingbooks.com\/products\/ben-jonson-aubrey-beardsley-volpone-or-the-foxe-limited-first-beardsley-edition-no-424-1000-1898","provider":"Breething Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}