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The rape of the lock : an heroi-comical poem in five cantos / written by Alexander Pope ; embroidered with nine drawings by Aubrey Beardsley.

Accession number
PML 143090
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Published
London : Leonard Smithers, Arundel Street, 1896.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
In addition to the 7 plates, there is a headpiece on p. [1] and a tailpiece vignette signed AB on p. 38.
"Chiswick Press:--Charles Whittingham and Co. Tooks Court, Chancery Lane, London."--Colophon.
"Twenty-five copies of this book have been printed on Japanese vellum for sale."--Half t.p. verso.
Library has copy no. 23 of 25 copies on Japanese vellum.
Description
xiii, 47, [1] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Vellum stamped in gold with a cover design by Beardsley; in cloth slipcase.
Classification
Department