2-880-200 - Shirley Markham Collection/Heritage Images

Cover Design for Smithers' Catalogue of Rare Books, 1896. Woman in a floral hat and frilled skirt reading a book on a striped sofa. A pet bird sits on a perch. Leonard Smithers published works by Beardsley, some in private editions due to the risqué nature of the subject matter. Published in "The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]