Aubrey Beardsley & A.H. Cornette - Sous la colline - 1908

Superb numbered and illustrated edition of the author’s portrait in the frontispiece & 13 illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley -

This rare volume constitutes the first French translation of Aubrey Beardsley’s unfinished text, a quintessential figure of fin-de-siècle decadence, whose literary and graphic work embodies the provocative and refined aesthetics of the era -

The text, translated and presented by A.H. Cornette, transposes into French Beardsley’s singular universe, marked by stylized sensuality, biting irony, and a fascination with artifice, while revealing the influence of English aesthetic circles and the fin-de-siècle spirit -

Through its content and context, the work embodies a meeting between decadent literature and early 20th-century French bibliophilia, offering collectors a precious testimony to Beardsley’s continental reception and the fin-de-siècle aesthetics -

Aubrey Beardsley & A.H. Cornette - Under the Hill - 1908 - H. Floury -
127 pages

Good condition of the binding, the work in its full publisher’s boards, wear consistent with use, boards damaged with small losses on the spine, heads and corners worn, edges gilded, spine smooth, title and author’s name gilded, first cover titled in red –

Good interior condition, browned pages, title page printed in red and black, work enriched with the author’s portrait in the frontispiece & 13 illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, with a long prefatory letter by Jacques-Émile Blanche, original edition of the translation by A.H. Cornette, printing of this work limited to 1000 copies of which 25 on Holland Van Gelder paper and 975 on fine vellum paper –

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