Books and Manuscripts · Lot 1440

[Beardsley, A.]. The Savoy.

An illustrated quarterly/ monthly. Ed. A. Symons. No. 1. London, L. Smithers, 1896, IV,170p., num. plates/ ills. by/ after i.a. A. BEARDSLEY and C.H. SHANNON, orig. pict. boards by A. BEARDSLEY, 4to.

Lot

1440

Auction

Auction 85, 23-27 Nov 2026

Section

FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)

Comes up

Session of Tuesday 24 November 2026, 6.30 pm, around 7.10 pm

Estimate

€100 – €150

Photos

1 photo

Condition

Endpapers browned. Paper over spine partly worn off.

Notes

As art director Aubrey Beardsley was responsible for the typography and illustrations of this fine periodical. J.R. Taylor, The art nouveau book in Britain p.93.

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