Art, Symbol & Imagination
Ave Atque Vale
A half-draped figure raises one arm beneath a dark canopy of trees. A broad black garment cuts diagonally across the pale torso. The inscription Ave Atque Vale, meaning hail and farewell, connects the design with the volume’s translation of Catullus’s poem of mourning.
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Aubrey Beardsley. "Ave Atque Vale" [editorial title]. In Under the Hill and Other Essays in Prose and Verse, Aubrey Beardsley; illustrated by the author. Supplied illustrated edition from John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1904, John Lane, The Bodley Head. Source scan leaf 101. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0257-0093
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Aubrey Beardsley. Ave Atque Vale. Under the Hill and Other Essays in Prose and Verse. Scan leaf 101. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0257-0093