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Reproduction of\r\na design (not used) for a front cover of The Yellow\r\nBook  (Reade 376). 1899\r\nLine-block\r\nSize of sheet: 27.9 x 20.7 cm\r\nSize of image: 19.4 x 15.6 cm\r\n                                                                E.31-1996\r\n\r\n\r\nThe original design is held by the Princeton \r\nUniversity Library.  It was published for the first  \r\ntime as no. 76 in The early work of Aubrey \r\nBeardsley with a prefatory note by H.C. Marillier, \r\nThe Bodley  Head, London - New York, 1899. This \r\nprint is taken  from one of the 120 copies of the \r\nJapanese vellum  edition of 1899.'"},{"reference":{"text":"Beardsley, Aubrey and H. C. Marillier. <u>The Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley</u>. 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