Salome:

tragödie in einem akte

  • Leipzig: Im Inselverlag, 1907
By Wilde, Oscar; Aubrey Beardsley, illus.
Leipzig: Im Inselverlag, 1907. # 350 in an edition limited to 725 copies. Acceptable. 25 cm; [24] leaves text on Insel hand-made paper, and [15] full-page illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley on Strathmore Japan (including title page and dramatis personae). Bound in original boards, worn, spine perished, boards loose. Several plates somewhat foxed.

The first German appearance of Aubrey Beardsley's illustrations to Oscar WIlde's play. Wilde first published the play in French (in 1896) before the English and later German editions appeared. Wilde's play with Beardsley's iconic illustrations inspired Richard Strauss's opera of the same name.

Details

Title

Salome:

Author

Wilde, Oscar; Aubrey Beardsley, illus.

Condition

Good

Publisher

Im Inselverlag: Leipzig

Date

1907

Edition

# 350 in an edition limited to 725 copies


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