DOI Heft:
No. 11 (February, 1894)
DOI Artikel:New publications
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17189#0197
New Publications
we had almost written the impossible—one takes
it for itself, as a piquant maddening potion, not
so much a tonic as a stimulant to fancy. Those
who dislike Mr. Beardsley's work will be happy in
of its ultimate influence on decorative art. All
collectors of rare and esoteric literature will rank
this book as one of the most remarkable produc-
tions of the modern press We have to thank the
"THE PEACOCK GIRL" FROM "SALOME, BY OSCAR WILDE, ILLUSTRATED BY AUBREY BEARDSLEY "
the possession of the documentary evidence to publishers for allowing us to reproduce The Peacock
support their opinion, while those who find it the Girl, a full-page design that is typical of the work,
very essence of the decadent fin de siecle will rank The binding, a coarse pale blue canvas, with de-
Salome as the typical volume of a period too recent corations in gold, Mr. Beardsley's chosen device
to estimate its actual value, and too near to judge being on the back cover, is entirely admirable
we had almost written the impossible—one takes
it for itself, as a piquant maddening potion, not
so much a tonic as a stimulant to fancy. Those
who dislike Mr. Beardsley's work will be happy in
of its ultimate influence on decorative art. All
collectors of rare and esoteric literature will rank
this book as one of the most remarkable produc-
tions of the modern press We have to thank the
"THE PEACOCK GIRL" FROM "SALOME, BY OSCAR WILDE, ILLUSTRATED BY AUBREY BEARDSLEY "
the possession of the documentary evidence to publishers for allowing us to reproduce The Peacock
support their opinion, while those who find it the Girl, a full-page design that is typical of the work,
very essence of the decadent fin de siecle will rank The binding, a coarse pale blue canvas, with de-
Salome as the typical volume of a period too recent corations in gold, Mr. Beardsley's chosen device
to estimate its actual value, and too near to judge being on the back cover, is entirely admirable