This is a VINTAGE 1976 booklet filled with uniquely styled bookplates, art by Aubrey Beardsley.

The classic and erotica stylized imagery really stands out as this artist's trademark.
One half (61 of the bookplates) are 'Ex-Libris' and the other 61 plates are made to put your own title on.

Title: Art Nouveau Bookplates-122 Ready to Use Plates With Adhesive Backs by Aubrey Beardsley.
Author: Aubrey Beardsley
Publication Date: 1976
Publisher: Dover
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0486233502
ISBN-13: 9780486233505

SIZE: 8 1/2" x 11".

Aubrey Beardsley was the most controversial artist of the Art Nouveau era, renowned for his dark and sometimes odd images and the erotic themes which he explored in his later work.

Beardsley was a close friend of Oscar Wilde and did illustrations and stage designs for Wilde's play Salome. He also did extensive illustrations for books and magazines, including William Morris' edition of Le Morte Arthur and magazines like The Savoy and The Studio. Beardsley's most famous erotic illustrations were on themes of history and mythology, including his illustrations for Lysistrata and Salome. Beardsley was also a caricaturist and even did some political cartoons, mirroring Wilde's irreverent wit in art. Beardsley's work reflected the decadence of his era and his influence was enormous, clearly visible in the work of the French Symbolists, the Poster Art Movement of the 1890s and the work of many later-period Art Nouveau artists like Pape, Mucha, and Clarke.


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Excellent condition. Cover has a bit of shelf wear. Pristine inside with no damage or fading.