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Le Morte D’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory

The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of his Noble Knights of the Round Table, their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and, in the end, le Mort Darthur with the Dolorous Death and Departing Out of this World of Them All.

Two volumes presented in a black clamshell box with spine-label titled in gold. A facsimile of the third J. M. Dent edition of Malory’s work (1927) designed and illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley in 1893-94.

Aubrey Beardsley produced a vast selection of illustrations for this, his first professional commission: 20 full-or double-page spreads, 240 chapter headings, 43 ornamental borders, 25 initial letters, 19 small ornaments and 4 headpieces.

The second volume is ‘Thomas Malory, the Morte Darthur and Aubrey Beardsley: an essay by Anthony S. G. Edwards’ which was specially commissioned by The Folio Society and is sewn into printed paper wrappers and inserted in a pocket inside the box.

Features;

• Folio Society Limited Edition No. 894 of 1020
• Publisher Folio Society, London; 2003
• Full Nigerian Leather Bound, xxxii, 544 pp
• Superbly Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley
• Size 300 x 235mm, 5kg

Condition: Fine – Superb Unmarked Copy

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