Lot 61 | [Poetry] Under the Hill , 1904

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[Poetry] Under the Hill , 1904

First UK Edition

Beardsley, Aubrey. Under the Hill and Other Essays in Prose and Verse. London: John Lane Publisher the Bodley Head, 1904



4to, Publisher's original bright ocean-blue cloth with bold peacock-feather designs in gilt on upper cover, top edge gilt, Photographic frontispiece portrait of Beardsley at Mentone and 16 full page illustrations.



Under the Hill is an unfinished erotic novel by Aubrey Beardsley, based on the legend of Tannhäuser. The first parts of it were published in The Savoy and later issued in book form



Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (21 August 1872-16 March 1898) was an English illustrator and author. His black ink drawings were influenced by Japanese woodcuts, and emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He was a leading figure in the aesthetic movement which also included Oscar Wilde and James McNeill Whistler. Beardsley's contribution to the development of the Art Nouveau and poster styles was significant despite his early death from tuberculosis.