Proof Bookplate of Rainforth Armitage Walker

by BEARDSLEY, Aubrey

$300 · Offered by Between the Covers

Unbound. Line block proof on parchment. 5.25" x 7.75". Bookplate of Beardsley's steadfast advocate and biographer R.A. Walker. The design, of a girl playing a cello against a background of flowers, is adapted from a chapter heading for Le Morte D'Arthur. Hand-lettered in ink below the artwork: "Only ten copies..... More

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