[Queer Art] Ellis, Edwin John. Fate in Arcadia and Other Poems

With illustrations by the Author. London, Ward & Downey, 1892. 1st and only edition. Lim. large paper copy (29 x 20 cm) with an extra set of 7 lithographs printed in sepia. Signed by the author and dated Sept. 1892 on first fly-leaf. Original cloth, upper edge gilt, sm. folio.

A rare Yellow Nineties publication connecting Symbolism and early queer aesthetics. Painter and poet Ellis (1845-1916), a friend of the brothers Yeats and member of the Rhymers club, was associated with John Lane and played a role in the revival of interest in William Blake. His illustrations, influenced by Rossetti, Ferdinand Khnopff and Burne-Jones. depict androgynous and idealised male figures characteristic of late Victorian proto-queer art. First quire loosening, corners bumped and some other wear. Rare.