"Le Morte Darthur" 1893-94 Aubrey Beardsley

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Le Morte Darthur, J. M. Dent & Co., London (1893-1894), by Aubrey Beardsley.

In 1892, London publisher J. M. Dent & Co. decided to produce an illustrated edition of Le Morte Darthur, in modern spelling.

They chose a 20-year-old insurance-office clerk and art student, Aubrey Beardsley, to illustrate the work.

It was issued in 12 parts between June 1893 and mid-1894, and met with only modest success at the time.
However, it has since been described as Beardsley's first masterpiece, launching what has come to be known as the "Beardsley look".

It was his first major commission, and included nearly 585 chapter openings, borders, initials, ornaments and full- or double-page illustrations.

Most of the Dent edition illustrations were reprinted by Dover Publications, Inc., New York, in 1972 under the title Beardsley's Illustrations for Le Morte Darthur.

A facsimile of the Beardsley edition, complete with Malory's unabridged text, was published in the 1990s.