The rape of the lock: an heroi-comical poem in five cantos written by Alexander Pope; embroidered with eleven drawings by Aubrey Beardsley.
Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744)
Category
Books
Date
1897
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dorneywood House and Gardens, Buckinghamshire
NT 3225634
Summary
Bibliographic description
xix, 61, [1] p. ill. ; 16mo. With 13, [1] p. publisher's advertisements bound at end. Provenance: Late nineteenth-century pencil inscription to pastedown: 'To Em / from Ede / Xmas 1898'; book label with MS: 'Emily Fisk'; No NT ink stamp. Binding: late nineteenth-century red cloth, decorated and lettered gold. Spine and upper cover sunned.
Makers and roles
Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744) Aubrey Beardsley (Brighton 1872 – Menton, France 1898)