Alexander Pope — The Rape of the Lock

London, Leonard Smithers, 1897 . Cloth. Beautifully illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley, this is the second edition of the first Aubrey Beardsley edition of Alexander Pope's highly amusing narrative poem. First published with Beardsley's illustrations the year prior, this is the second edition of Pope's poem with these illustrations, limited to 1,000 copies.Illustrated with eleven plates and vignette illustrations by illustrator Aubrey Beardsley, an important figure in the aesthetic movement. Collated, complete.With thirteen pages of advertisements to the rear.A wonderful edition of Pope's mock-heroic narrative poem, following a would-be suitor who cuts off a lock of a young woman's hair without her permission. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Boards bright. Back strip age toned, with light shelf wear to back strip tail. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Front free endpaper neatly removed. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Aubrey Beardsley. Very Good .