1294 - Schlichter, Rudolf – Wilde, Oscar. *The Ballad of Reading Gaol*. With 61 (1 signed) original etchings by Rudolf Schlichter in the text. Munich, O.C. Recht, 1923. 66 pp., 3 leaves. 23 x 18 cm. Original parchment binding with gold-stamped title on the cover and gold-edged top, in the original cardboard slipcase with parchment edging (edges slightly rubbed, slipcase slightly stained and with light discoloration around the edges).

Schlichter, Rudolf – Wilde, Oscar. *The Ballad of Reading Gaol*. With 61 (1 signed) original etchings by Rudolf Schlichter in the text. Munich, O.C. Recht, 1923. 66 pp., 3 leaves. 23 x 18 cm. Original parchment binding with gold-stamped title on the cover and gold-edged top, in the original cardboard slipcase with parchment edging (edges slightly rubbed, slipcase slightly stained and with light discoloration around the edges). One of 65 (GA 200) numbered copies of Edition B, featuring etchings printed from “slightly steel-etched plates” on heavy handmade Dutch laid paper in a parchment binding. - The first etching is signed by Schlichter; all others are monogrammed. - Horodisch, *Wilde’s Ballad*, p. 46ff.: “Of all editions of the *Ballad*, this is the most profusely illustrated: ... Each page is decorated with an etched headpiece ... The large number of illustrations has enabled the artist to give artistic expression to all situations in the Ballad, from the murder to the purification of the malefactor.” - Untrimmed on both sides. - Minimally stained in places; otherwise in very good condition.