Book-plates by Aubrey Beardsley, about 1919
Scope and Contents note
This subseries includes manuscripts of speeches, plays, poems, and other literary works created by Oscar Wilde and his coterie. Many are in the author's hand. Virtually all of the titles given to the works have been supplied by later catalogers and scholars. They are arranged alphabetically by author or originator, and then by title. Further arrangement is by date.
Dates
- Creation: about 1919
Creator
- From the Collection: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (Organization)
Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 38.36 Linear Feet (90 boxes plus bound volumes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General Physical Description note
MS 9 leaves. 13 x 8 in. Original manuscript of an article published as "Bookplates of Aubrey Beardsley," inBookplate Booklet, Oct. 1919, Kansas City, MO. Purchase, Elkin Mathews (from their Quarto 8 catalogue), 1950 (accession MS.1950.047).
General note
Clark shelfmark W183M3 B724 [1919?]
Repository Details
Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository