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Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur, of His Noble Knights of the Round Table, Their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte Darthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing out of This World of Them All, The

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The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur, of His Noble Knights of the Round Table, Their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte Darthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing out of This World of Them All


Publisher Location: London
Publisher Name: Dent
Publication Date: 1893
Number of Volumes: 2
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With an introduction by Prof. John Rhys and a note on Aubrey Beardsley by Aymer Vallance.

The Beardsley Morte went through thre editions:

Beardsley, Aubrey, ill. Thomas Malory. The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of His Noble Knights of the Round Table Their Marvelous Enquests and Adventures The Achieving of the San Greal and in the End the Morte DArthur with the Dolorous Death and Departing out of This World of Them All. The Text as Written by Sir Thomas Malory and Imprinted by Thomas Caxton at Westminster the Year MCCCCLXXXV and Now Spelled in Modern Style. With an intro. by Prof. John Rhys and a note on Aubrey Beardsley by Aymer Vallance. London: J. M. Dent, 1893. 2 vols. 1st ed. (One of 1500 copies; there were also 300 copies on Dutch hand-made paper, as well as the first issue, 12 parts in wrappers.)
 
Beardsley, Aubrey, ill. Thomas Malory. The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of His Noble Knights of the Round Table Their Marvelous Enquests and Adventures The Achieving of the San Greal and in the End le Morte DArthur with the Dolorous Death and Departing out of This World of Them All. The Text as Written by Sir Thomas Malory and Imprinted by Thomas Caxton at Westminster the Year MCCCCLXXXV and Now Spelled in Modern Style. With an intro. by Prof. John Rhys and embellished with many original drawings by Aubrey Beardsley. 2d ed. London: Dent, 1909. (Limited to 1000 copies for the United Kingdom and 500 for America.)
 
Beardsley, Aubrey, ill. Thomas Malory. The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of His Noble Knights of the Round Table Their Marvelous Enquests and Adventures The Achieving of the San Greal and in the End the Morte DArthur with the Dolorous Death and Departing out of This World of Them All. The Text as Written by Sir Thomas Malory and Imprinted by Thomas Caxton at Westminster the Year MCCCCLXXXV and Now Spelled in Modern Style. With an intro. by Prof. John Rhys and a note onAubrey Beardsley by Aymer Vallance. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1927. (3d ed., ltd. to 1600 copies.)

Dent also published: Beardsley, Aubrey, ill. Morte Darthur Portfolio: Reproductions of Eleven Designs Omitted from the First Edition of Le Morte Darthur Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley and Published in MCCCCXCIII Also Those Made for the Covers of the Issue in Parts and a Facsimile Print of the Merlin Drawing. With a Forward by Aymer Vallance and a Note on the Omitted Designs by Rainforth Armitage Walker. London: J. M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1927. (Limited to 300 copies.)