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Pictorial Blake A Catalogue of original Blake illustrations,
along with reference material and a
complete run of the Blake Trust Publications
and other facsimiles
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller
P I C T O R I A L B L A K E
“Re-engrav’d Time after Time,
Ever in their youthful prime
My designs unchang’d remain.
Time may rage but rage in vain.
For above Time’s troubled Fountains
On the great Atlantic Mountains,
In my Golden House on high,
There they Shine Eternally.”
(Blake’sNote-Book,p.87.)
no. 32
Pictorial Blake A Catalogue
of recently acquired original Blake Illustrations
from a Private Collection, along with
the reference library and a complete run
of the Blake Trust Publications, and
other facsimiles. Also Blake facsimiles
from the Biblioteca La Solana,
printed by Robert N. Essick.
San Francisco
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller2011
terms: Allitemsareguaranteedasdescribedandmaybereturnedwithinfivedaysofreceipt only if packed, shipped, and insured as received. Payment in US dollars drawnonaUSbankandincludingstateandlocaltaxesasapplicableisexpecteduponreceiptunlessotherwiseagreed:institutionsmayreceivedeferredbillingandduplicateswillbeconsideredforcredit.ILABDealersonlymaydeducttheirreciprocaldiscountprovidedtheaccountispaidinfullwithin30days;thereafterthepriceisnet.PostageisextraandwillbeviaUPS.Referencesoradvancepaymentmayberequestedofanyoneorderingforthefirsttime.
Visa, MasterCard, and American Express are gladly accepted: if paying by credit card,pleasebesuretoreadandunderstandthedescriptionsofthebooksyouareordering,assubstantialchargescanbeassessedonreturnsforwhichthebuyerisresponsible.Pleasealsonotethatunderstandardtermsofbusiness,titledoesnotpasstothepurchaseruntilthepurchasepricehasbeenpaidinfull.
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Catalogue$25
front cover:“IwantIwant”144
back cover:““helphelp”142
(bothfromitem156:The Gates of Paradise,Blaketrust1968,greatlyenlarged)
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In2006Iissuedacatalogueof“BlakePlates”,with93entriesalmostallofwhichwere
singleplatesassociatedwithBlakeasdesignerand/orengraverand/orprinter.Almost
all the itemssold, toInstitutionsforresearchandexhibition, tocollectorstodisplay
withtheircollection,andevensometodealerslookingtocompleteimperfectcopiesof
booksfromwhichaBlakeplatehadbeenremoved.
Recently Iwas fortunate toacquirea smallbutchoiceBlakecollection, including
everyBlaketrusttrianonPressbook (including severalde luxe issues)anda select
groupofstandardreferencebooks;andfromothersourcesanumberofseparateplates
fromBlakebooks includingagoodrunof the “Job”platesandalmostall the leaves
fromYoung’s “Nightthoughts”withBlake’sastonishingengravingssurroundingthe
letterpresstext.
I cannot recall an opportunity to buy every single Blake trust publication since
thedayswhenBernardquaritchLtd.wasdistributing theBlaketrustbooks in the
1960s.AswitnesstothecontinuinginterestinBlake,thefinalBlaketrustpublication,
reproducingthewater-colorsforBlair’s“theGrave”,cameoutin2009andboththe
de luxeandregulareditionssoldalmostatonce.Iwashonoredtobeappointedthe
distributorworld-wideforthattitle.AsIspentmyfirstyearsinthebooktradeinvoicing
andshippingBlaketrustbooksforquaritchinthe1960s,IfeelasifIhavecomefull
circle.
ItisnosecretthatIhavebecomedeeplyinvolvedintheworldofBlakebooks,prints,
drawings,andpaintings;notadaygoesbywithoutmyreferringtoBlakeinsomewayor
anotherandmyinventorydevotedtoBlakeandhiscircleandfollowershasgrowntowell
over2000items.RecentlyIpurchasedoneofBlake’srarestprints,“Job”,fortheEssick
collectionandoneofBlake’srarestbooks“PoeticalSketches”forthesamehappyhome
inAltadena.Itisasgreatapleasureasitisanhonortorepresentsuchadevotedand
scholarlycollector,andIamespeciallyhappytopresentinthiscatalogueseveralprints
afterBlakemadebyEssickhimselfusingBlake’stechniquesandmaterials.theyarefully
describedinthefinalsection,“PrintsfromtheBibliotecaLaSolana”.onecompleteset
isavailablealongwithanumberofseparateprints,signedandnumberedbyEssickina
tinyedition.
IhavenotincludedthematerialleftoverfrompreviousBlakecataloguesbutifthere
isaparticularbookorperiodicalneededpleaseenquireasthere’sagoodchancewecan
provideit.Asalways,IamgratefulabovetoBobEssick,JerryBentley,RobertBrandeis,
]
karenMulhallen,andalltheBlakescholars,curators,andcollectorswhoentrustme
withtheirpassionsandenlightenmewiththeirknowledge:foryourencouragement
andsupportIthankyou.MyassistantMatthewJonesisinvaluable,andwordsareas
everinadequatetothankmywifeandpartnerChrisLokerforherloveandsupport.
JohnWindle San Francisco, Autumn 2011
C O n T E n T s
Separateplates 1–118
Completebooks 119-137
trianonPress/Blaketrust 138-182
otherfacsimiles 183-205
Referencebooks 206-247
BibliotecaLaSolanaprints 248
“Blakeinourtime”2010 249
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E n G R AV I n G s BY A n D A F T E R B L A K E
1.Allen,Charles.(separateplates)A New and Improved Roman History … theSecondEditionembellishedwithfourcopperplates.London:J.Johnson,1798.
All4full-pagecopperplateengravingsafterFuselisignedbyBlakeastheengraver.Matted,good
impressionsoftheplates,completewiththeimprintsuntrimmed.
»oneofBlake’sscarcerworks,seldomseeninthetradeoratauction;therewasalsoavolumeon
Englishhistorypublishedinthesameyear.Wehavehadoneothercopyinthelastsevenyears,and
oneotherseparatesetoftheplates.theplatesarestrongandlivelyrenditionsofmomentssuchas
thedeathofCleopatra;withtherecentdiscoveryofanoriginaldrawingbyFuseliforAllen’sEnglish
History (nowintheEssickCollection)wenowarequitesurethattheillustrationsforbothvolumes
weredrawnbyFuseli.Bentley,Blake Books,416.Essick, William Blake’s Commercial Book Illustrations,
XXXVII. $1250.
I L LU ST R AT I O N S O F T H E B O O K O F J O B
London:WilliamBlake,March8,1825(butpublished1826).
Singleplatesfromthefirstedition,oneof150proofsetsonIndiapaper.
Bentley,Blake Books,421.Bindman,Complete Graphic Works of Blake,625-641C.
2.title-page.
Foxinginthemarginsandwithintheimage. $2950.
3.Plate1:“thusdidJobcontinually”
Lightfoxingoutsidetheimage. $4500.
no. 1
]
4.Plate2:“WhentheAlmightywasyetwithme”
Somefoxinginandoutsidetheimage.
$3950.
5.Plate3:“thySons&thyDaughters”
Afineimpression. $4950.
6.Plate4:“AndIonlyamescaped”
touchoffoxingatbottomrightcorner,
otherwiseafineimpression. $4250.
7.Plate5:“thenwentSatanforth”
Afineimpression. $4950.
8.Plate6:“AndsmoteJobwithsoreBoils”
Afewspotsoffoxingatfootofimage.
$4350.
9.Plate7:“Andwhentheylifteduptheireyes”
Afineimpression. $4950.
10.Plate8:“LettheDayperish”
Afineimpression. $4950.
11.Plate9:“thenaSpiritpassedbeforemyface”
Afineimpression. $4950.
12.Plate10:“theJustUprightMan”
Marginalfoxinginleftandrightmargin. $4350.
13.Plate11:“Withdreamsuponmybed”
Asuperbimpression. $5250.
14.Plate12:“IamYoung&yeareveryold”
Asuperbimpression. $5950.
15.Plate13:“thentheLordansweredJob”
Asuperbimpression. $5950.
no. 2 no. 3
no.
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no. 3
no.
no. 4
no.
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no. 11
no. 13
no.
no.
no.
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[ 11
no. 11
no. 13
no. 12
no. 14
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no. 1
no. 21
no. 1
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no. 1
no. 1
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no. 1
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no. 2
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16.Plate14:“WhenthemorningStarssangtogether”
Asuperbimpression. $5950.
17.Plate15:“BeholdnowBehemoth”
Asuperbimpression. $5950.
18.Plate16:“thouhastfulfilledtheJudgementoftheWicked”
Asuperbimpression. $5250.
19.Plate17:“Ihaveheardthee”
Asuperbimpression. $5250.
20.Plate18:“AndmyServantJobshallprayforyou”
Asuperbimpression. $5250.
21.Plate19:“EveryonealsogavehimapieceofMoney”
Asuperbimpression. $5750.
22.Plate20:“therewerenotfoundWomen”
Foxinginthemarginsandwithin
theimage(faint). $4750.
23.Plate21:“SotheLordblessedthelatterendofJob”
Foxinginthemarginsbutnot
withintheimage. $4950.
no. 23
no. 24
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I L LU ST R AT I O N S O F T H E B O O K O F J O B 1 8 7 4
SingleplatesfromtheposthumouseditionprintedforLinnellbyholdgateBrothersfromthe
originalplates.EngravingsonIndiapapermountedonthickcardpaper.
24.title-page. $2000.
25.Plate3:“thySons&thyDaughters”
Veryslightmarginalfoxingatedgesofsomesheets,acquisitionnumberininkatbottomright
corner. $2500.
26.Plate6:“AndsmoteJobwithsoreBoils”
Veryslightmarginalfoxingatedgesofsomesheets,acquisitionnumberininkatbottomright
corner. $2250.
27.Plate7:“Andwhentheylifteduptheireyes”
Veryslightmarginalfoxingatedgesofsomesheets,acquisitionnumberininkatbottomright
corner. $2000.
no. 24 no. 2
1 ]
no. 2
no. 2
no. 2
no. 2
no. 3
[ 1
28.Plate8:“LettheDayperish”
veryslightmarginalfoxingatedgesofsomesheets,acquisitionnumberininkatbottomright
corner. $2000.
29.Plate17:“Ihaveheardthee”
veryslightmarginalfoxingatedgesofsomesheets,acquisitionnumberininkatbottomright
corner. $2500.
T H E G R AV E 1 8 0 8
Blair,Robert.The Grave. A Poem. London:BensleyforCromek,1808.Bentley,Blake Books, 435.Bindman, Complete Graphic Works of Blake, 465-476.
30.“Death’sDoor”.
Folio,singleleaf,etchingonwovepaper,marginsslightlysoiledandworn,imageclean. $675.
31.“theDeathoftheGoodoldMan”.
Folio,singleleaf,etchingonwovepaper,marginsslightlysoiledandworn,imageclean. $675.
no. 3 no. 31
1 ]
T H E G R AV E 1 8 1 3
Blair,Robert. The Grave. A Poem. towhichisaddedaLifeoftheAuthor.
London:BensleyforAckermann,1813.
32.FrontispieceportraitofBlake. $395.
33.title-page. $395.
34.“ChristdescendingintotheGrave”. $395.
35.“theDescentofManintotheValeofDeath”. $395.
36.“Death’sDoor”. $395.
37.“DeathoftheStrongWickedMan”. $395.
38.“DeathoftheGoodoldMan”. $395.
no. 3
no. 33
no. 3
[ 1
no. 33
no. 3
no. 34
no. 3
2 ]
no. 3
no. 3
[ 21
39.“theSoulhoveringovertheBodyreluctantlypartingwithLife”. $395.
40.“theSoulexploringtherecessesoftheGrave”. $395.
no. 4 no. 41
no. 42 no. 43 no. 44
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41.“theCounseller,king,Warrior,Mother&Child,inthetomb”. $395.
42.“theReunionoftheSoul&theBody”. $395.
43.“theMeetingofaFamilyinheaven”. $395.
44.“theDayofJudgment”. $395.
45.Chaucers Canterbury Pilgrims. PaintedinFrescobyWilliamBlake&byhimEngraved&Publishedoctober81810.[London:probablypriortothefirstColnaghiprinting,about5March1881].
Impressionmeasures93.9x30cm.,printedonIndiapaperandmountedonheavywovepaper,
whichisthenmountedonoldboard;archivallymatted.
»Fourthandfinalstate,anearly(perhapspre-Colnaghi)printing:itisworthnotingthattheonly
differencebetweenthepreviously-calledfourthandfifthstatesistheabsenceofthescratcheddry-
no. 4 / 4
[ 23
pointinscriptionsclearlyvisibleinafewprints,andlessandlessvisibleuntilcompletelyabsentby
laterColnaghiprintings.Insteadof“states”themoreaccuratedefinitionsmightbeveryearlytovery
late4thstate,andinthatschemethenthisprintwouldbeafterthefewveryearlyimpressionswith
someormostofthescratchedinscriptionsvisible(probablyprintedbyBlake),butlongbeforethe
Sesslerprintingsofthe1940s,withalltheflawsdenotinganearlyprintingstillclearlyvisible,with
muchplatetoneandtheshadowscratchedinscriptionareajustbarelyvisible,soanearlyimpression.
Blakemademajorchangesinthefourthstate,and“itisonlyinthelast…state[s]oftheplatethat
wefindBlake’smatureartistryasanoriginalprintmaker,bringingtohislargestandmostambitious
singleprintthesametechniquesdistinguishinghisJobandDanteengravings.”Essick,Separate Plates
of William Blake,XVI,andseeWilliam Blake, Printmaker. $15,000.
46.Chaucers Canterbury Pilgrims. PaintedinFrescobyWilliamBlake&byhimEngraved&Publishedoctober81810.[London:Colnaghiprinting,after5March1881].
Impressionmeasures93.9x30cm.,printedonlaidIndiapaper;recentlycleanedandmountedon
archivalJapanpaper.trimmedfairlyclosetotheimage.
»Finalstate:laterprintingbutbeforeSessler. $9,500.
24 ]
47.Cumberland,George.“CallingCard”(sometimescalledabookplate)forGeorgeCumberland.
Sheet10.2x12.8cm.,imageandplatemarkasperEssick(3.1x7.8cm.,and3.3x8.1cm.
respectively).Printedinpalebrownonasmall8vosheet.Delicatelyprinted,mattedandframed,in
veryfinecondition.
»Blake’slastengraving,executedforoneofhisclosestfriends.theimagesinvokeoneofBlake’s
greatestthemes-therelationshipsbetweentimeandeternity.opinionsvaryonthepurposeofthis
platebutitshouldbenotedthatatthetime(1827)
itwasnotuncommontopasteacallingcardinto
abookasproofofownership.however,nobook
hasyetbeenlocatedwithCumberland’scard
pastedin.Ithasalsobeensuggestedthatthename
ofCumberlandinthecenterwasexecutedbya
writingengraverandBlakeaddedhisborderslater.
39examplesofthisprintareknowntoEssick,notincludingexamplesnowuntraced(allbutthree
onlaidpaperprintedlater,andthreeoncard),butitisquiterareincommerce.Essick,The Separate
Plates of William Blake, XXI.Bindman,Complete Graphic Works of Blake, 654. $17,500.
48.Cumberland,George. [Thoughts on Outline] Inventions by G. Cumberland. Plate15:“theConjugalUnionofCupid”[London:theauthor],1795.
Engravedplateonuncutsheetwatermarkedj. whatman 1794.
»FromasuiteofengravingsafterdesignsbyCumberland.Essick,Blake’s Commercial Book
Illustrations, XXXII. $500.
49.Plate16:“CupidandPsyche” $500.
no. 4
no. 4 no. 4
[ 2
50.Plate19:“AristophanesCloudsScene1”[not illustrated] $350.
51.Plate23:“AnacreonodeLII”[not illustrated] $350.
52.Dante.Blake’s Illustrations of Dante. Plate2:“CircleoftheCorruptofficials,theDevilstorturingCiampolo”London:1838orca.1892.
oblongfolio,lightspottingintheimage,clearuniformimpressiononIndiapaper,mountedon
wovepaper.
»Bentley,Blake Books,448D.Bindman,Complete Graphic Works of Blake,647-653.Essick,“the
PrintingsofWilliamBlake’sDanteEngravings,”Blake: An Illustrated Quarterly,Fall1990. $10,000.
53.Plate4:“Circleofthieves.AgnoloBrunelleschiAttackedbyasix-footedserpent” $15,000.
54.Plate5:“Circleofthieves.BuosoDonatiattackedbytheSerpent” $8500.
55.Plate6:“CircleoftheFalsifiers,DanteandVirgilcoveringtheirnoses”London:1838orca.1892.
oblongfolio,clearuniformimpressiononIndiapaper,mountedonwovepaper,abitfoxed.
$7500.
no. 3
no. no. 4
no. 2
2 ]
56.hayley,William.Frontispiece“Pericles”to:An Essay on Sculpture: In a Series of Epis-tles to John Flaxman.London:t.CadellandW.Davies,1800.
Frontispiece,alittlebrownedaroundtheedges.Engravedby
Blakebutnotsigned.
»Blake’sfirst(andperhapshappiest)collaborationwithhispatron
Williamhayley,onethatalsoincludedBlake’sfriendofmanyyears,
JohnFlaxman.thebookhasbecomeveryscarceandtheprintsare
rarelyifeveravailableseparately.Bentley,Blake Books,467.Essick,
Blake’s Commercial Book Illustrations,XXXIX.$375.
57.Secondplate“DeathofDemosthenes”.
Platefacingp.126,alittlebrownedaroundtheedges.$495.
58.thirdplate“thomashayley”.
Platefacingp.163,alittlebrownedaroundtheedges.$595.
59.hoare,Prince.An Inquiry into the Requisite Cultivation and Present State of the Arts of Design in England.London:RichardPhillips,1806.thefrontispiece“theGraphicMuse”engravedbyBlakeafterJoshuaReynolds
»thebookhasalwaysbeenscarceandthisistheonlyexampleof
thefrontispieceavailableasaseparateplatethatIhaveeverseen.Bentley,Blake Books,474.Essick,William Blake’s Commercial Book
Illustrations, XLVIII.$875.
no.
no.
no.
no.
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60.hogarth.theBeggar’soperabyhogarthandBlake.(in)A Portfolio Compiled by Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis and Philip Hofer. Cambridge:harvardUniversityPressandNewhaven:YaleUniversityPress,1965.
Elephantfolio,with11plates,andtextprintedinasepa-
ratepamphlet(oblongroyal8vo)of28pp.withillustra-
tions.originalhugefoldingclothboxslightlyworn.
»Blake’soneplateincludedinHogarth’s Works 1790is
wellknownandherepresentintheseventhandfinal
state.thisportfoliocontainsreproductionsoftheoriginal
drawing,sixoilpaintings,and3statesoftheengraving.
thefinalplateisaprintpulledfromtheoriginalplate(theninthehofercollection).Bentley,Blake
Books, 475I.Essick,William Blake’s Commercial Book Illustrations,XX. $975.
61.The Novelist’s Magazine. Grandison.PlateXII.London:harrison,1782.
Earlieststate,cutdowntothemarginoftheimageandomittingtheframe,signaturesetc.
»Essick,Blake’s Commercial Book Illustrations,XI. $75.
62.The Novelist’s Magazine. Grandison.PlateXII.
Laterprintingofthefirststatewithslightlylessstippling,full-page. $50.
63.The Novelist’s Magazine. Grandison.PlateXXIII.
Firststate,fullsheet. $50.
no. 1 no. 3no. 2
no.
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ST E D M A N ’ S S U R I NA M
Stedman,JohnGabriel.Narrative, of a Five Years’ Expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam ... London:Johnson,1793.
64.ACoromantynFreeNegro.
Singleplate,slightlysoiledandcreased,onesmallmarginaltearrepaired.
»thebookwaspublishedbyJohnsonin1796:afewcopiesareknownwithcontemporarycoloring
andheighteningingold.SixteenoftheplateswereengravedbyBlakebetween1792and1794,after
Stedman’sdrawings.thisbookhadasubstantialimpactonBlake,whorefersspecificallytooneof
theillustrationsthatheengraved(thatofaslavebrandedwithhisowner’sinitials,ironicallythose
ofStedmanhimself )inhisVisions of the Daughters of Albion:“Stamptwithmysignetarethe
swarthychildrenofthesun”.AsForumnotedintheircatalogue105item265:“Mostimpressive
however,andverymodern,arehisvividdescriptionsofthebrutaltreatmentofthenegroes,andhis
enlightenedreflectionsuponthemoralperversionsoftheslave-owners,leadinghimtopronounce
thestrongestpossibleindictmentagainstslaveryeverraised...hisobservationsgaverisetoa
stormofprotestinliberalEurope...hisunexpurgatedversionwasonlyrecentlypublished.”Essick,William Blake’s Commercial Book Illustrations,XXXIII.Abbey, Travel,719.Bentley499A.kressLibrary
16679.Ray,Illustrator and the Book in England,2. $150.
65.AprivateMarineofCol.Fourcoud’sCorps.
Stainattoprightandasmalleronebottomleft,somesoilingandwear. $75.
no. 4 no.
[ 2
66.theMecoo&kisheekisheeMonkeys.Singleplate,slightlysoiledandcreased,onesmallmarginaltearrepaired. $150.
67.theMecoo&kisheekisheeMonkeys.
London:JohnsonandPayne,1813.Singleplatefromthe1813re-issue. $100.
68.theSkinningoftheAbomaSnake...
Singleplate,slightlysoiledandcreased,twosmallmarginaltearsrepaired. $150.
69.thequato&SaccawinkeeMonkeys.
Singleplate,infinecondition. $300.
70.thequato&SaccawinkeeMonkeys.
London:JohnsonandPayne,1813.Singleplatefromthe1813re-issue. $100
71.ASurinamPlanterinhisMorningDress.
Infinecondition,astrikingimage. $375.
72.Limes,Capsicum,MammyApple&c.
Singleplate,infinecondition. $250.
73.Limes,Capsicum,MammyApple&c.
Singleplate,infinecondition.London:JohnsonandPayne,1813.
Singleplatefromthe1813re-issue. $100
no. no. no.
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74.Marchthro’aswamporMarshinterra-firma.
Singleplate,infinecondition. $300.
75.FamilyofNegroSlavesfromLoango.
Singleplate,infinecondition. $300.
76.theExecutionofBreakingontheRack.
Infinecondition.AhorrendousimagethatmusthavemovedBlakedeeply. $300.
no. 1
no.
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no. 4
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77.thecelebratedGramanquacy.
Infinecondition.$475.
78.EuropesupportedbyAfricaandAmerica.
London:Johnson,1792.Infinecondition,arguably
theloveliestimageinthebookandperhapsespecially
meaningfultoBlake. $500.
79.Virgil.[plate5](in)Essick,RobertN.,andJohnWindle.A Troubled Paradise. William Blake’s Virgil Wood Engravings.WithanAfterwordonCollectingWilliamBlakebyJohnWindle.SanFrancisco:JohnWindleAntiquarianBookseller,1999.tallslim8vo,48pp.,8plates,hand-sewninJapanesepaper,finelyprintedwithillustrationsdepictingsomeofBlake’soriginaldrawingsandproofs,andthecompletesetofpublishedprints.Enclosedinafoldingquarterclothboxasissued.
»Deluxeedition,limitedto13copies,eachwithanoriginalBlakewoodcutprintmattedand
containedinthebox.thisiscopynumberIVandhasthewonderfullymoodywoodcutofthe
waningmoonoveraplowedfieldwithalightning-blastedtreeintheforeground–thefifthcutin
thebookandoneofthemostimportant.AsEssicknotes[p.12]:“theriventreeinthefifthdesign
becomestheobjectivecorrelativeofthe
shepherds’sadness,itsbifurcationevocative
oftheself-divisionsofself-consciousness.”
Essick’sessayonthe1821editionofRobert
Johnthornton’sThe Pastorals of Virgil
offersinsightintotheinspirationand
creationforBlake’swoodengravingsfor
thornton’sworkandisillustratedwitheight
platesofBlake’swoodengravings,proofs,
anddrawings.$3500.
80.The Wit’s Magazine. Plate4:“theBlindBeggarshats.”London:harrison&Co.May1,1784;Singleplate,engravedbyBlakeafterCollings.Fullmargins,alittlesoiled,foldedverticallyasusual.
»Essick,Commercial Book Illustrations, XVI,
plate4. $400.
no.
no.
no.
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Y O U N G ’ S N I G H T T H O U G H T S
The Complaint and the Consolation; or, Night Thoughts. London:R.Noble,1797.
Firstedition,perfectfordisplayorforteachingastheleavesarequitesturdyandcanbecarefully
handledormattedforframing.Blake,virtuallyinafrenzy,completed537watercolordesigns
whenhewascommissionedtoillustrateYoung’smasterpiece.thepublisheronlyissuedthefirst
four‘Nights’andhadBlakeengrave(andpartiallyetch)43platestotestthemarket.theresponse
musthavebeenpoorsincenofurtherengravingswererequestedofBlake.Ironically,todaythe
poetYoung,oncecomparedwithShakespeareandMilton,isforgottensaveforthisedition.Bentley,
Blake Books, 515.EssickandLaBelle,Night Thoughts,Dover,1975.Ray,The Illustrator and the Book in
England, 1790-1914,3.
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81.“NighttheFirst”,
withafull-pageengravingbyBlakesurroundingtheletterpresstext. $895.
82.pp.1/2,
withafull-pageengravingbyBlakesurroundingtheletterpresstext. $495.
83.pp.3/4,
withafull-pageengravingbyBlakesurroundingtheletterpresstext. $495.
84.pp.7/8,
with2full-pageengravingsbyBlakesurroundingtheletterpresstext.
onlyfiveleavesinthebookhaveengravingsrectoandverso. $1250.
85.pp.9/10,
withafull-pageengravingbyBlakesurroundingtheletterpresstext. $495.
86.pp.11/12,
withafull-pageengravingbyBlakesurroundingtheletterpresstext. $495.
87.pp.13/14,
withafull-pageengravingbyBlakesurroundingtheletterpresstext. $495.
88.pp.15/16,
with2full-pageengravingsbyBlakesurroundingtheletterpresstext.
onlyfiveleavesinthebookhaveengravingsrectoandverso. $1250.
89.“NighttheSecond”,
withafull-pageengravingbyBlakesurroundingtheletterpresstext. $895.
90.pp.19/20,
withafull-pageengravingbyBlakesurroundingtheletterpresstext. $695.
91.pp.23/24,
with2full-pageengravingsbyBlakesurroundingtheletterpresstext.
onlyfiveleavesinthebookhaveengravingsrectoandverso. $1250.
92.pp.25/26,
with2full-pageengravingsbyBlakesurroundingtheletterpresstext.
onlyfiveleavesinthebookhaveengravingsrectoandverso. $1250.
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119.[Bible]Illustrations of the Book of Job. London:[platesdated]1825[butpublished1826].Folio,320x254mm,engravedtitleand21plates.Published‘Proof ’impressionsonso-called‘French’paper.Lightfoxingasalways,abrilliantset;intheoriginalbluepaperboardsasissued,rebackedtomatch.
»Firstedition,limitedto65setsprintedonFrenchpaper.thisis,quitesimply,thefinestseton
FrenchpaperIhaveeverseen.thesefamousplatescompriseBlake’smajorsingleachievementasa
printmakeraftertheilluminatedbooks.Illustrations of the Book of JobwasBlake’slastcompleted
propheticbook:thetext,aseriesofbiblicalquotations,isaboveandbeloweachimage.“Itwas
producedwhileBlakewasstillworkingonJerusalem,hismostobscurebook;yettheillustrations
areBlake’smostlucid;andtheyarethesupremeexampleofhisreadingtheBibleinitsspiritual
sense”(S.FosterDamon,A Blake Dictionary,p.217).“themodestsizeofthecentralpanelsdoesnot
preventthemfromrankingwiththesuprememasterpiecesofgraphicart”(Ray,Illustrator and the
Book in England #8).Bentley,Blake Books,421andSupplementp.195. $89,500.
120.Blair,Robert. The Grave. A Poem. London:BensleyforCromek,1808.4to,xiv,36,(4)pp.WithaportraitfrontispieceafterPhillips,etchedtitle-page,and11platesengravedbyLu-igiSchiavonettiafterBlake’sdesigns.oldpolishedcalf,coversgilt,rebacked,signsofearlywaterstainingnotintrudingintothetextorplateswhichareingoodcondition.
»Firstquartoedition.thiswork,thoughnotengravedbyBlakehimself,containsafewofhismost
renownedimages;reproductionsofthepowerfuloriginaldrawingsbyBlakecanbefoundinthe
Blaketrustfacsimile(seebelow).Bentley,Blake Books, 435B. $3750.
121.Bryant,Jacob.A New System, or, An Analysis of Ancient Mythology Whereinanat-temptismadetodivesttraditionofFable;andtoreducetruthtoitsoriginalPurity.InthisWorkisgivenanhistoryoftheBabylonians,Chaldeans,Egyptians,Canaanites,hel-ladians,Ionians,Lelegés,Dorians,Pelasgi:AlsooftheScythæ,IndoScythæ,Ethiopians,Phenicians.theWholecontainsanAccountoftheprincipalEventsinthefirstAges,fromDelugetotheDispersion;alsothevariousMigrations,whichensued,andtheSettlementsmadeafterwardsindifferentParts:CircumstancesofgreatConsequence,whichweresubsequenttotheGentilehistoryofMoses.London:Payne,1775-76.3vols.,4to,20,516;vi,536,26(ads);viii,602pp.With27engravedplatesand3maps,(twofolding),afterBa-sire,Chambers,andBartolozzi.Contemporarycalf,giltpanelledbackstrips,redandgreenlabels,somecrackingtojointsbutsound,headandfootofbackstripschipped,onefreeendpaperloose.Withal,anattractivesetinexcellentconditioninternally
»Secondeditionofvols.1-2;therewasnosecondeditionofvol.3.“Itismypurposeintheensuing
worktogiveanaccountofthefirstages;andofthegreatevents,whichhappenedintheinfancyof
theworld.Inconsequence,Ishalllaybeforethereader,whatGentilewritershavesaiduponthis
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subject,collaterallywiththeaccountsgivenbyMoses,aslongasIfindhimengagedinthegeneral
historyofmankind.”Bentley, Blake Books,439B:“ItishighlylikelythatBlakehadsomehandinat
leastafewofBasire’s[28]engravings”. $1500.
122.Cumberland,George.Outlines from the Antients exhibiting their Principles of Composition ... takenchieflyfromineditedMonumentsofGreekandRomanSculpture...London:SeptimusProwett,1829.Roy.8vo,(4),xxiv,44,(1)pp.Withanengravedfron-tispieceand80engravedplates.19th-centuryquarterbluemoroccoandmarbledboards,bookplate,somewhatfoxedorbrownedthroughoutbutaperfectlydecentcopy.
»Firsteditionthus,withthefourplatesbyBlakeattheendwithaseparateintroduction.theyfirst
appearedinCumberland’s Thoughts on Outlinein1796.Essick,William Blake’s Commercial Book
Illustrations,XXXII(withalongnoteonthebook).Bentley,Bibliography of George Cumberland,p.39.
$975.
123.Darwin,Erasmus.The Botanic Garden. [with]The Botanic Garden. Part II ... Lon-don:Johnson,1791.2vols.,4to,xii,214;126,(2);(4),ix,197pp.Withafrontispiecetoeachpart,and18plates(somefolded).Contemporarycalf,gilt-decoratedbackstripwithblackmoroccolabels.Somefoxing,waterstaining,anddampstaininginbothvolumesespeciallyatthefrontandthecornersofsomeplates.
»Firsteditionofvol.1andthirdeditionofvol.2.With5platesengravedbyBlake,thebestknown
beingthe“FertilizationofEgypt”afterFuseliinvol.1atp.127.Itwasnotuntilthe1795edition
thatthesecondFuseli/Blakeplate“tornado”waspublished.Atpage87appearstheenigmatic
circularimageofanAfricaninchainstitled‘AmInotamanandabrother’.Bentley450B.Essick,
William Blake’s Commercial Book Illustrations,XXI. $1250.
124.Flaxman,John.The Iliad of Homer Engraved from the Compositions of John Flax-man [with]The Odyssey ... [with]Compositions from The Works Days and Theog-ony of Hesiod. DesignedbyJohnFlaxman,engravedbyWilliamBlake.[with]Composi-tionsfromthetragediesofAeschylusDesignedbyJohnFlaxman,EngravedbythomasPiroli,andFrankhoward.London:Longman,hurst,Rees,orme,1805[Iliadandodys-sey]Longman,hurst,Rees,orme&Brown[hesiod],1807-17,andMissFlaxmanandMissMariaDenman[odyssey],1831.4vols.,oblongfolio.[Iliad]t/pand39plates.[od-yssey]t/pand34plates.[hesiod]halftitleand37platesincludingthetitle.[Aeschylus]2t/psand35platesnumberedfrom3-37.Allcompleteandboundinoriginalquartergreenclothandbrownboardswiththeoriginalprintedlabelontheuppercoverandredpapermanuscriptlabelsonthebackstrips.hingesrepaired,somefoxingmostlyinthemargins,especiallyatthefrontandbackasusual.Averygoodsetinoriginalstate.
»ofthefourvolumes,theonlyoneentirelyengravedbyBlakewasthehesiod;Flaxmanadded
5newdesignstothe Iliad,3engravedbyBlakeand2byhisformerpartnerJohnParker;Parker
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engraved20platesfortheOdysseyof1805.Firstedition,secondstateofplate20inthehesiod
(correctlynumbered‘20’).Bentleynotesthat200setsofthehesiodwereprintedandtheysold
veryslowly;infact,18setswerestillforsalein1838.Itislikelythatthiscollectionwasbrought
togetherandbounduptomatchc.1831whentheMissesMaryAnnFlaxman(hishalf-sister,who
createdthe6designsforhayley’sTriumphs of TemperengravedbyBlakein1803))andMaria
Denman(hissister-in-law)issuedtheAeschylus.Completesetsoftheseprintingsintheoriginal
bindingsasissuedareveryuncommon.Iliad:Bentley,Blake Books, 457,Essick,William Blake’s
Commercial Book Illustrations, XLVII.hesiod:Bentley,Blake Books, 456A.Essick,William Blake’s
Commercial Book Illustrations,LI. $2750.
125. Gay,John. Fables. WithalifeoftheAuthorandembellishedwith70Plates.London:JohnStockdale,1793.2vols.,royal8vo,xi,225;vii,187,(1,advertisement)pp.Engravedtitletoeachpart,frontispiecetovol.I,and70platesincluding12byBlake.Fullcontemporarycalfabitscuffedanduntidybutquitesound,internallyverygooddespitetheusualbrowningandoffsetting,andwithhugemargins.
»FirsteditionwithBlake’splates,thiscopyverytall,possiblylarge-paper.“theplatesinthis
famouseditionarefreeadaptationsfromthedesignsofkent,Wootton,andGravelot,who
illustratedtheearlierprintingsofGay’sFables.WilliamBlakecompletelyredesigned,andredrew,
the12imagesforwhichheisresponsible,andislistedamongthesubscriberstotheedition,as
aretheotherengraverswhoworkedonthisproject.Blakeengravedtheplatesoppositepp.1,29,
59,73,99,109,125,133and181involumeone;andthoseoppositepp.1,105and145involume
two.”(Sotheran’s).thefirstissueiseasilyidentifiedbecauseitusesthelong“s”throughoutand
theseconddoesnot.Bentley,Blake Books, 460A.Essick,William Blake’s Commercial Book Illustrations,
XXVI.Ray,The Illustrator and the Book in England,1. $1500.
126.hayley,William.Ballads. Founded on Anecdotes Relating to Animals, with Prints Designed and Engraved by William Blake. Chichester:J.Seagrave,forRichardPhil-lips,1805.Small8vo,(8),212pp.With5engravedplatesbyBlakeafterhisowndesigns.Veryearlymarbledboards,redroanbackstripletteredingilt(worn),averyfinecopywithlargemarginsshowingtheplatemarks.BookplateofLordEversley.
»Firstedition,withthefirstthreeplatesinthefirststate,thelasttwoplatesareknowninonly
onestate.Bentley,Blake Books,465.EassonandEssick,William Blake Book Illustrator, VIII.Bindman,
Complete Graphic Works of Blake,403-407. $6750.
127.hayley,William.The Life, and Posthumous Writings of William Cowper, Esq. WithanIntroductoryLettertotheRighthonourableEarlCowper.Chichester:PrintedbyJ.Seagrave;forJ.Johnson.1803-1806.4vols.(includingSupplementaryPages)inthree,4to,pp.[i-iii]-xii,notincluding(8)–‘Contents,’boundaftertitle-page,[1]-413;(8),[1]-422;(4),xxxi,[1]-416;(4),[1]-122,(24),withfiveplatesandanengravinginthetextbyWil-liamBlake,secondstateofthoseinVols.IandII(nosecondstateforthoseinVol.III),top
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coverofVol.IIwithwormtrack,frontispiecetoVol.IIslightlyfoxed,occasionalbrown-inginVol.IIIandawormtrackintheuppermarginofthefirstfewleaves,boundwithouthalf-titles,contemporarymottledcalf,giltborderstofrontandbackcovers,flatspines(notgreen)giltincompartmentswithredletteringpiecesinthesecondandfifth,abitrubbedandworn,jointstender,theuppercoverofVol.IIInearlydetached;originalbluesilkbookmarksinallthreevols.,ownershipinscriptionineachvol.ofCharlotteBeatty,thatinthethirdvol.dated1805.Good.
»Firstedition,andsecondstateofthe“Weatherhouse”plate,theonlyillustrationinthebook
designedandengravedbyBlake,ofwhichonlyafewexamplesareknowninthefirststate.this
plateisherepresentinaverygoodimpressionwiththeimprintquiteclear.Pencilinscriptionto
frontfreeendpaperreads:“thesethreevolumeswereobtainedfromthefamilyoftheRev.Wm
BullofNewportPagnell,FriendofCowperandNewton[seeDNB].CharlotteBeattywasthe
originalownerofthebooksandshewasafriendofthiscircle,andalsowell-knowninthatarea,
wherealmshouseswerenamedinherhonour.”keynes,Grolier,124;Bentley468A;EssickXLIV(note
thattheentryinEassonandEssick(IV)istotallysupersededbyEssick’snewresearchintheCommercial
Book Illustrations). $1250.
128.hayley,William.Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cowper ... ByWilliamhayley.Chichester:J.Seagrave,1803-04.3vols.,4to,(2),xii,(8),413;(4),424;(6),xxxi,416pages.With5platesandanengravinginthetext,onedesignedandengravedbyBlake,theothersengravedbyBlakeafterotherartists.olddiapercalfrebacked,newlabels,agoodset.
»Secondedition,thusfinalstateofthe“Weatherhouse”platedesignedbyBlake.Bentley,Blake
Books,468A.Easson&EssickI,VII.Boundinattheendisanotherbookentitled:Cowper,
illustrated by a Series of Views, in, or near, The Park of Weston-Underwood, Bucks ... London:1803,
publishedbyVernorandhoodandwithanengravedtitleand12platesbyStorerandGreig.this
addedtexthasnothingtodowithBlakeandonlyrelatestoWilliamCowper. $975.
129.hayley,William.The Triumphs Of Temper. A Poem: in six Cantos. thetwelfthedi-tion,corrected.WithNeworiginalDesigns,byMariaFlaxman.Chichester:J.Seagravefort.CadellandW.Davies,1803.Roy.8vo(9.5x5.75ins.),xii,165pages.With6engravedplatesbyWilliamBlakeafterMariaFlaxman.Laterhalfgreenmorocco,gilttop,otheredgesuntrimmed,anexcellentcopywithwidemargins.
»Alarge-papercopy,unusuallycleanandwithfinedarkimpressionsoftheplates.Firsteditionof
Blake’sengravingsafterthesedreamyandslightlysurrealillustrations.Bentley,Blake Books, 471A.
Essick,William Blake’s Commercial Book Illustrations,XLIII. $2750.
130.Malkin,Benjaminheath.A Father’s Memoirs of his Child. London:printedforLongman;byt.Bensley,1806.8vo,iv,xlviii,172pp.WithafrontispiecebyBlakeengravedbyCromek,
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andthreeplates(onefolding).Contemporarystraight-grainedgreenmorocco,backstripdarkenedtobrown,jointsscuffedbutsound,averywell-marginedcopyvirtuallyuntrimmed.
»Firstedition.SignedoliviaBernardSparrowonthetitleinanearlyhand.Bookplateof
kimboltonCastle.MalkinknewBlakewellandinthelongprefacehedevotes24pagestoan
accountofhisfriend’slifeandgenius,thefirstrecordedaccountofBlakebyacontemporary.the
textofthissectionwaslargelyobtainedfromconversationswithBlakehimself.thebiographical
accountofBlakeandhispoetry(pagesxviii-xli)aredescribedbykeynesas“theearliestavailable
...obtainedfromBlakehimself ”.thetextincludesthefirsttypographicprintingofthepoems
Laughing Song , The Divine Image , Holy Thursday , The Tiger ,andI loved the Jocund Dance. the
childwasMalkin’sson,apparentlyaninfantprodigywhodiedattheageofseven.Bentley,Blake
Books,p.18(agoodnoteonthebook)and#482. $1875.
131.Rees,Abraham. The Cyclopaedia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature. Illustratedwithnumerousengravings,bythemostdistinguishedartists.Lon-don:Longman,Rees,orme,etal.,1819-20.Vol.4only,oldhalfcalf,usualfoxing.
»Firstedition,issuedinfasciclesbetween1802and1820.AsinglevolumeofRees’sCyclopaedia,
completewiththefourplatesengravedbyWilliamBlake.Looselyinsertedisthe“Miscellany”plate
fromvol.3,alsoengravedbyBlake.AbrahamReesworkedonimprovementstotheChamber’s
Cyclopaediainthe1780”s,beforepublishinghisownmorecomprehensiveworkinpartsbeginning
in1802,completedwiththepublicationofthesixplatevolumesin1820.Inanothercopy,thefirst
volumecontainedahandwrittenhistoryoforiginsofthe“Cyclopaedia”writtenbyanownerwho
knewRees.therein,hementionsthatReesspent21yearsofhardworktofinishthe“Cyclopaedia”
andthathehadtopayforalleditingcostshimself.Asof9/07,thereweretwocopiesonline,onein
GermanyandoneintheUk,for$17,000and$11,000(approx).theAmericaneditioncameout
shortlyafterwardswithalltheplatesre-engraved(thuswithouttheBlakeplates).Essick, William
Blake’s Commercial Book Engravings,LII.keynes132. $750.
132.[Ritson,Joseph]A Select Collection Of English Songs. InthreeVolumes.London:J.Johnson,1783.3vols.,small8vo,[2],xiv,lxxii,[2],264;[5],342;[4],[303,engravedmusic],[32,index],pp.Withengravedfrontispieceand16engravedscenes,ofwhich9areengravedbyWilliamBlake[7signedand2unsigned]afterdesignsbyStothard.Con-temporarycalf,redlabels,jointsrubbedorcrackingbutsound,abitscuffedandbumped,internallyaverynicecleanset.
»Firstedition,associationcopywithaninscriptioninvol.3:“R.RichmondPresentedtohim
byhismuchesteemedfriendJosephRitsonofGray’sInn1788.”Ritson,anotableeccentricwho
eventuallywentmad,wasincarceratedathoxtonafterstaringabonfireofhismanuscriptsinhis
roomsinGray’sInn.hiseditionsoftheearlyEnglishtextsarehighlyregarded.Bentley,Blake Books,
491.Essick,William Blake’s Commercial Book Illustrations, XIV. $1250.
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133.Shakespeare,William. The Plays of William Shakspeare [sic]accuratelyprintedfromthetextofthecorrectedCopyleftbythelateGeorgeSteevens[sic],Esq.WithaSeriesofEngravings,fromoriginalDesignsofhenryFuseli...andaSelectionofExplanatoryandhistoricalNotes,FromthemosteminentCommentators;ahistoryoftheStage,aLifeofShakespeare,&c.byAlexanderChambers...London:Rivington[and40otherbooksell-ers],1805.10volumes,royal8vo,withaportraitfrontispieceofShakespeareand37sepa-rateengravingsafterdrawingsbyFuselibyNeagle,Cromek,Rhodes,Dodley,andtwobyWilliamBlake.oldcalfrestored,someagingandbrowningasusual.theplatesaremostlyingoodimpressions.
»Large-paperissueofthebestillustratedcollectionofShakespeare’splays(saveonlytheelephant-
folioBoydellperhaps).thiswasFuseli’smajorprojectasabook-illustratoranditsucceeds
brilliantly;theengravingsaredramaticandrich,and,inthisedition,wellprinted.Blakeengraved
twoplatesafterFuseliforthebook,hisonlyillustrationsofShakespeare.Vol.VII,p.235(King
Henry VIII)andvol.X,p.107(Romeo and Juliet).therewasanine-volumesmall-paperissue
withgreatlyinferiorprintingoftextandplatesandasBentleyobserved“theten-volumeedition
isconsiderablymoreelegant”.Bentley,Blake Books, 498.Essick,William Blake’s Commercial Book
Illustrations, XLVII. $4750.
134.thornton,RobertJohn.The Pastorals of Virgil ... London:1821.2vols.,small8vo,xii(-vii/viii),12,xxiv(-i/iv),214pp;[I],[215]-592pp.Withanengravedfrontispiecetoeachvolume,and230illustrationsincluding17woodengravingsand9engravedplates(headsoffiguresandcoins)byBlakewhoalsopreparedthereduceddrawingforoneotherwoodengraving(“theGiantPolyphme,”afterPoussin).Retrospectiveearly19thcenturyfullcalf,redlabels,byCourtBenson.
»Averygoodcopyofascarceworkinanyconditionasitwasissuedforuseinschools.Blake
contributed17woodcutstothisvolumewhichwerenotwellreceived;norweretheywelltreated
bythepublisherwhocutdowntheblocksandprintedthempoorly.onlyafewproofsbeforethey
weretrimmedarenowextant.theseblockshaveremainedamongstthemostinfluentialwoodcuts
inthehistoryofBritishartandtheirinfluencecanbeseenfromCalvertandPalmeralltheway
uptothepresentday.theblocksweresavedbyLinnellandwereprintednotlongafterBlake’s
deathasseparateimpressions(perhapsbyCalvert),andafewimpressionswerepulledlaterinthe
19thcenturybyLinnell’ssons,andagainin1977asasetbyIainBain.Forafulldiscussionofthis
wonderfulbook,seeEssick’smasterlymonographA Troubled Paradise ... (SanFrancisco:John
Windle,1999).Bentley,Blake Books, 504.Bindman602-18.EassonandEssickI,X. $47,500.
135.The Wit’s Magazine; or Library of Momus. BeingaCompleatRepositoryofMirth,humour,andEntertainment.London:harrisonandCo.,1784-1785.2vols.inone,8vo,(2),485,(1);193,(1)pp.Withafoldingfrontispiece(secondversion)andnumerousfolding
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engravedplatesofwhich5areengravedbyBlake,oneafterStothardandfourafterSamuelCollings.Contemporarymarbledboards,moderncalfbackstripandtips,averygoodsetwithgoodmarginsaroundtheplates:rare.
»Firstedition,withthefirstplate(Mirth)inthesecondversionasusual.onlytwocompletesets
havesoldatauctionsince1975andonlyonesethaspassedthroughthetrade(Ximenes,some
yearsago)accordingtoEssick,“BlakeintheMarketplace.”Bentley,Blake Books, 513.Essick, William
Blake’s Commercial Book Illustrations, XVI. $5750.
136.Wollstonecraft,Mary.Original Stories from Real Life; with Conversations, Cal-culated to Regulate the Affections, and form the Mind to Truth and Goodness.ANewEdition.London:printedforJ.Johnson,1791.12mo,xii,(iv),177,(3,advertisements)pages,6engravedplatesbyWilliamBlake.FullgreenmoroccoinaretrospectiveRegencybindingbyBenson,oneortwoplateslightlystainedorwithinoffensivetouchesofink.
»FirsteditiontocontainWilliamBlake’scharacteristicillustrations,reminiscentiniconography
tohisdesignsforhisown Songs of Innocence (1789).thiscopyhasalltheplatesinthesecond,and
muchimproved,state.thiscollectionofdidactictalesforyouth,inpartreinforcingthelessons
ofWollstonecraft’sfirstbook,Thoughts on the Education of Daughters, provedhermostpopular
book,goingthroughfiveeditionsby1800.Bentley,Blake Books, 514A.EassonandEssick,vol.I,no.III.
Windle,Bibliography of Mary Wollstonecraft,A3b. $6750.
137.Young,Edward.The Complaint and the Consolation; or, Night Thoughts. London:R.Noble,1797.Large4to,viii,[1],95,[2]pages;withthe‘ExplanationoftheEngravings’leaf,and43full-pageengravingsbyBlakesurroundingtheletterpresstext.Fullgreenmoroccoc.1890,gilttop,coversrehinged,awonderfullywell-marginedcopy,uncutatthefore-andloweredges.Armorialgiltstampsonbothcovers,Gibbsarmorialbookplatedated1891,andmodernbookplate“ff ”atfront.
»Firstedition,thehenryMartinGibbs(LordAldenham)-RobertN.EssickcopywithEssick’s
notesrecordingthattwoplatesareintheveryrareproofstatebeforeimprintand(equallyrare)
onlytwoplateswiththeimprintstrimmedaway–thiscopymeasuringthesameastheonlycopy
inoriginalboardsuncutthatIhaveowned,at43.2x33.3cm.Blakecompleted537watercolor
designswhenhewascommissionedtoillustrateYoung’smasterpiece.thepublisheronlyissued
thefirstfour‘Nights’andhadBlakeengrave(andpartiallyetch)43platestotestthemarket.the
responsemusthavebeenpoorsincenofurtherengravingswererequestedofBlake.Ironically,
todaythepoetYoung,oncecomparedwithShakespeareandMilton,isforgottensaveforthis
edition.Bentley,Blake Books, 515.EssickandLaBelle,Night Thoughts, Dover,1975.Ray,The Illustrator
and the Book in England, 1790-1914,3. $15000.
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138.Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion. London:trianonPressfortheWil-liamBlaketrust,[1951].4to,(6),ixtext,and100colorplates.FullbluemoroccoextrabySangorskiandSutcliffe,agorgeouscopysumptuouslybound(asthebookdeserves).Inaclothbox.
»Limitedto516copies.thedefinitivefacsimileofoneofBlake’sgreatestworksandthefirstof
themagnificentseriesoffacsimilescreatedbythetrianonPressofBlake’silluminatedbooks.
thePreludiumisbyJosephWicksteedandtheBibliographicalStatementbyGeoffreykeynes.
Bentley78.“Blake’setchedcopperplates,givingthetextofhispoemandthebasisofthedesigns,
wereprintedbyhiminarichorangeinkandwerethenilluminatedbyhandinwatercoloursand
gold.theetchedbasehasnowbeenreproducedbycollotypeinorangeandtheprintshavethen
beencolouredbyhandbyastencilingprocess,sothatthefinalresultbearstheclosestpossible
resemblancetoBlake’soriginalplates.Anaverageofforty-fourapplicationsofwatercolourswas
requiredforeachfullpageillustration,ofwhichtherearefour.oftheremainder,fifty-onehave
sometextwithdesignsfillinghalfthepageormore,andthirty-fivehavetextwithsmallmarginal
decorations.”(Introduction)Copieswereissuedinfascicles,oradullbluebuckrambinding:this
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139.Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion. London:trianonPress,[1951].4to,(6),ixtext,and100colorplates.originalbluecloth,foldingboxslightlyworn,verygood.
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140.Jerusalem. ForewordbyGeoffreykeynes.[with]Wicksteed,Joseph.William Blake’s Jerusalem. ForewordbyGeoffreykeynes.London:trianonPress,[1951][and]London:trianonPressfortheWilliamBlaketrust,[1954].Small4to,116text,errata,100facsimilepp.[and]Small4to,xv,264pp.Bothvolumesinoriginalrustcloth,withgiltletteringanddustjacket.
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edition,1500copiesprinted.thiscommentarywasintendedtogowiththefull-scalecolor
facsimileandthisblack-and-whiteRinderfacsimile.Bentley,Blake Books,2961. $325.
141.Songs of Innocence. London:trianonPress,1954.8vo,[vi]pp.letterpress,31colorcollo-typefacsimileplates.Fullorangemorocco,slipcase.Bookplatestofrontpastedown.Afinecopyinaverygoodslipcase.
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142.Songs of Innocence. London:trianonPress,1954.8vo,[vi]pp.letterpress,31colorcol-lotypefacsimileplates.quarterbrownmoroccowithbrownpaper-coveredboards,quartermoroccowithbrownpaper-coveredslipcase.PlatesprintedonArchespureragpaperwithwatermarkofWBmonogram.Slightweartotips.
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143.Songs of Innocence and of Experience. London:trianonPress,1955.Small8vo,54plates,3pp.printedtextatend.Fullgreenmoroccoslightlydarkened,slipcase,averygoodcopy.
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187. $3750.
144.Illustrations to the Bible. London:trianonPress,1957.Folio,with9colorplatesand156illustrations.originalquartermorocco(issuedwithoutaslipcase).
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145.The First Book of Urizen. London:trianonPress,1958.4to,27plates,5pptext,plustheextramaterials.Fullredmorocco,slipcase,verygood.
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146.Visions of the Daughters of Albion. London:trianonPress,1959.Folio,11plates,7pp.text,plustheextramaterials.Fullorangemorocco,slipcase,somefoxingtothefrontend-papersandedges.
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147.Visions of the Daughters of Albion. London:trianonPress,1959.Folio,11plates,7pp.text.quarterorangemorocco,slipcase,fine.
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148. The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell. London:trianonPress,1960.Folio,27plates,4pp.text,plustheextramaterials.Fullgreenmorocco,fadedtobrown(asusual),slipcase.
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149.America – a Prophecy. London:trianonPress,1963.Folio,18colorfacsimileleaves,8pagescommentary.quarterbluemorocco,slipcase.
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151.A Study of the Illuminated Books of William Blake, Poet, Printer, Prophet. NewYork:theorionPresswiththetrianonPress,1964.4to,[103]pp.With32colorplates.originallightbluecloth,gilt-stampedbackstrip,pictorialdustjacket.Mildweartodustjacket,topboardveryslightlywarped,internallybright.Verygood.
»tradeeditionof1964trianonPressfacsimile. $100.
152.The Book of Thel. London:trianonPress,1965.4to,8plates,(5)pp.text,plustheextramaterials.Fullbrownmorocco,marbledpaper-coveredslipcase,giltletteringtobackstrip.Afinecopy.
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153.Milton A Poem. London:trianonPress,1967.4to,50colorplates,13pp.ofprintedtextplustheextramaterials.originalfullbrownmorocco,slipcase.
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154.Milton A Poem. London:trianonPress,1967.4to,50colorplates,13pp.ofprintedtext.originalquarterbrownmorocco,slipcase.Asnew.
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155.The Songs of Innocence and of Experience. London:Ruperthart-Davis,[1967].8vo,155pp.,includingacompletecolorfacsimileoftheoriginal.originalbluecloth,dust-jack-et,verygood.
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156.The Gates of Paradise. For Children. For the Sexes. London:trianonPress,1968.3vols.,8voand12mo,Vol.I(8vo),[i-vii]-viii,50,(4)pp.,Vol.II(12mo),[2]pp.,22plates,Vol.III[4]pp.,31plates,originalredcloth,redclothslipcase,giltletteringtobackstripofallthreevolumes,someslightfadingtobackstrips.Verygood.
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158.The Blake-Varley Sketchbook of 1819 in the Collection of M.D.E. Clayton-Stamm. IntroductionandNotesbyMartinButlin.London:heinemann,1969.2vols.,oblong8vo,textvol.xiv,40pp.,with12illustrations;facsimilevol.tomatch,incalf-backedgreenbuckram,slipcasefaded,backstripscuffedto1vol.,facsimileleavesdetachingbutpresent.
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159.All Religions are One. London:trianonPress,1970.4to,10facsimileleavesand5pp.ofcommentary.originalfullgreenmorocco,slipcase.
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161.There is No Natural Religion. London:trianonPress,1971.2vols.,4toandsmall4to,with20colorplates.Fullbrownmorocco,slipcase,new.
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162.There is No Natural Religion. London:trianonPress,1971.2vols.,4toandsmall4to,with20colorplates.quarterbrownmorocco,slipcase,asnew.
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163.Water-Colour Designs For The Poems Of Thomas Gray. AFacsimilewithIntroduc-tionandCommentarybySirGeoffreykeynes.London:trianonPress,1971.Smallfolio,72pages,with16colorfacsimileleaves,suitesofprogressiveproofs,and116monochromeillustrations.Marbledboards,moroccobackstrip,slipcase.Signedbykeynes.Afinecopyasissued.
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164.Water-Colour Designs For The Poems Of Thomas Gray. AFacsimilewithIntroduc-tionandCommentarybySirGeoffreykeynes.London:trianonPress,1972.Folio,with116colorfacsimileleavesreproducedbycollotypeandhand-stencilcolor,thetextofthepoemsreproducedfromcopper-platewith3additionalprintingstoreproduceBlake’spencilingsandthetoneofthepaper.originalsheets,marbledboards,moroccobackstripletteredingilt.
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165. Water-Colour Designs For The Poems Of Thomas Gray. AFacsimilewithIntroduc-tionandCommentarybySirGeoffreykeynes.London:trianonPress,1972.3volumes,folio,with116colorfacsimileleavesreproducedbycollo-typeandhand-stencilcolor,thetextofthepoemsreproducedfromcopper-platewith3additionalprintingstoreproduceBlake’spencillingsandthetoneofthepaper.Marbledboards,moroccobackstrips,slip-cases,afinesetasissued.
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unlikelythattheycouldbeprintedagain.Bentley,Blake Books, 385. $2750.
166.Poems by Mr. Gray. William Blake’s Water-Colours illustrating the Poems of Thomas Gray. WithanIntroductionandCommentarybySirGeoffreykeynes.London:trianonPress,1972.4to,xx,71pp.With16colorplatesand116illustrations.originalbluecloth,illustrateddust-jacket.
»tradepublicationofthedesigns.Bentley,Blake Books, 385. $30.
167.The Book of Ahania. London:trianonPress,1973.4to,6colorfacsimileleaves,5pp.ofcommentary.quarterblackmorocco,slipcase.
»Limitedto808copies.Bentley,Blake Books,A15. $275.
168.Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion. London:trianonPress,1974.Fo-lio,25colorplates,8proofs,andcommentaryattheend,eightcolorfacsimiletrialproofs,twelvepagesoftextplusanextrasuiteoffourteenstatesofplatenineteenwithamatchingguide-sheetandstencil.originalfullbrownmorocco,slipcase.
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169.Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion. London:trianonPress,1974.Folio,25colorplates,8proofs,andcommentaryattheend.originalquarterbrownmorocco,slipcase,bookplate.
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170.The Song of Los. London:trianonPress,1975.4to,8plates,8pp.commentarybykeyneswithanotherplate,and22additionalprogressiveproofplates,andwithametalpochoirstencilmountedattheend.Fullbrownmorocco,prospectusinserted,afinecopyinslipcase.
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elaboratetrianons.Bentley,Blake Books,A137. $1950.
171.The Song of Los. London:trianonPress,1975.4to,8platesand10pp.ofcommentary.originalquarterbrownmorocco,marbledboardsandslipcase.
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172.The Book of Los. London:trianonPress,1976.4to,5colorplatesandcommentary,andprogressivestatesoftheplates,andanoriginalcopperplateetc..Fullbrownmorocco,slip-case.Asnew.
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173.The Book of Los. London:trianonPress,1976.4to,5colorplatesandcommentary.quar-terbrownmorocco,slipcase.
»Limitedto512copies.thecompanionvolumetotheBook of Ahania.onecopyofThe Book of
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174. William Blake’s Laocoon, A Last Testament, with Related Works: On Homers’ Poetry and On Virgil, The Ghost Of Abel. London:PublishedbythetrianonPressfortheWilliamBlaketrust,1976.Small4to,62pp.,and11plateswithdescriptions.quartermoroccowithclothcoveredboards.
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175.The Complete Portraiture of William and Catherine Blake. trianonPress:1977.4to,155pp.,51plates.originalquarterbrownmorocco,slipcase.
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176.Blake’s Illustrations of Dante. London:thetrianonPressfortheWilliamBlaketrust,1978.oblongfolio,originalhalfbrownmoroccofoldingcase,letteredingilt.Asnew.
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stagesofthemakingofthefacsimile.thefirstaccuratereproductionofBlake’ssevenengravings
fortheDivine Comedy, firstissuedin1838.thisneweditionhasanintroductionandcommentary
byGeoffreykeynes;threefacsimilesofearlystates,andmonochromereproductionsofBlake’s
watercolordesignsfortheplates,andthesevenplatesinsuperbfacsimile.Bentley,Blake Books
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177.Blake’s Illustrations of Dante.London:trianonPress,1978.oblongfolio,quartermo-rocco,cloth,slipcase.Asnew.
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178.Illustrations of the Book of Job. London:trianonPressfortheBlaketrust,1987.2hugemoroccobackedboxes,withinwhichareslipcases,withinwhicharethefascicles,infineconditionasissued,coupleoftinynicksandscratchestotheouterboxes.Withthepro-spectuses,inanenvelope.
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Partonecontains,inadditiontoasuperbfacsimileoftheprintedbook,The Engravings and
Related Material, with Essays, Catalogue of States and Printings, Commentary on the Plates, and
Documentary Record byDavidBindman,BarbaraBryant,RobertEssick,Geoffreykeynes,and
BoLindberg.EditedbyDavidBindman.Also,notnotedonthetitle-page,thereisashortessayby
Stephenkeynes,anIntroductionbyCharlesRyskamp,aPrefacebyBindmanandJohnCommander,
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179.William Blake’s Illuminated Books. AcompletesetofthesixvolumesasdescribedbelowPrinceton:theWilliamBlaketrust,[1991-1995].6vols.,large4to,originalcloth,dust-jackets,asissued.Fulldescriptionbelow.
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IntroductionandNotesbyMorrisEaves,RobertN.Essick,JosephViscomi.286pages,including
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180.William Blake’s Illuminated Books. The Early Illuminated Books: All Religions are One, There is no Natural Religion, The Book of Thel, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Visions of the Daughters of Albion.EditedwithanIntroductionandNotesbyMorrisEaves,RobertN.Essick,JosephViscomi.Princeton:theWilliamBlaketrust,1993.Large4to,286pages,including100pagesofillustrations,mostincolor.Browncloth.
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182.William Blake’s Watercolour Inventions in Illustration of The Grave byRobertBlair;EditedwithEssaysandCommentarybyMartinButlinandanEssayonthePoembyMortonD.Paley.[London]:theWilliamBlaketrust,2009.Folio,95pp.originalquar-termarooncalfwithblackmoirésilk-coveredboards,withmaroonmoroccolabeltotopboard,stampedingilt,stampedingilttobackstrip;portfolioinfullmarooncalf,stampedingilt,containing19watercolorsreproducedinfacsimile,mountedwithinframinglinesonheavybeigepaper,blackmoirésilk-covereddoubleslipcase;illustratedthroughoutwithcolorreproductionsofwatercolordrawings,aswellasengravings.Asnew.
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183.[Bible]Illustrations of the Book of Job. WithDescriptiveLetterpress,andaSketchoftheArtist’sLifeandWorks.ByCharlesEliotNorton.Boston:JamesR.osgood,1875.Large4to,79pp.,andheliotypefacsimilesofthetitle-pageand21platesoftheoriginal.originalbrownclothstampedingiltandblack,giltedges,averygoodcopy.
»FirstcompleteAmericanedition,(A.L.DickpublishedBlake’sGravedesignsinNewYorkin
1847.however,heomittedplate3),oneofBlake’searlierappearancesintheUSA(Robertsin
BostonpublishedtheRossettieditionoftheWorksin1875).
Norton,whohereintroducesBlaketoanAmericanaudiencewithhisprefacesummingup
Blake’slifeandprincipleworks,notesthathehasmade“freeuse”ofhisfriendDanteGabriel
Rossetti’scommentaryontheplates,whichisinterleavedwiththetexthere.Itisexceptionally
scarce:nocopyhasappearedatauctionsince1975,andEssick(BlakeintheMarketplace)doesnot
recordacopysoldsince1992.Bentley,BB,422. $1250.
184.[Bible]Illustrations of the Book of Job. London:J.M.Dent,1902.Folio,engravedtitle-pageand21plates,printedonheavywovestock.Fullspeckledbrowncalf,coverspanelledingilt,giltbackstrip(upperjointrepaired),giltedges,moirésilkendpapers,slipcase,afinebespokebindingforSotheran’s.
»thefinefacsimileissuedinaneditionof1000copiestogetherwithPutnam’sinNewYork.At
theendisboundinthefacsimileoftheoriginallabel,withtheDentimprintandlimitation.this
copywascreatedforanobleownerasthebackstripisstampedwithabaronialcrownandthe
monogramAh(orhA).Bentley,Blake Books, 423:“excellentfull-sizefacsimiles.” $675.
185.[Bible]Illustrations of the Book of Job.IntroductionbyLaurenceBinyonandGeoffreykeynes.NewYork:PierpontMorganLibrary,1935.Large4to,text,illustrationsincluding63colorfacsimileplates,insixfasciclesinoriginalwrapperswithlabels,enclosedinanewblueclothbox.
»Amagnificentproduction,showingforthefirsttimethethreecoloredsetsandthedrawingsfor
thesmallerset,aswellasreproducinginfinefacsimiletheproofissueofthefirstprinting.Issuedin
asmalleditionandhardtofindingoodcondition.Bentley,Blake Books, 374:“the134platesofthis
excellenteditionincludeBlake’spencildrawingsandwater-coloursandproofsofhisengravings.For
thegenesisofJobitisofcrucialimportance.”DespitethetrianonPresseditionof1987,thiseditionis
stillanecessityasitreproducesboththeButtsandLinnellsetsofJobwatercolorsincolorwhichare
onlyfoundinblackandwhite,muchreducedinsize,inthetrianonedition. $2250.
186.Bunyan,John.The Pilgrim’s Progress ... illustrated with 29 watercolor paintings by William Blake now printed for the first time. EditedbyG.B.harrison.WithanewIn-troductionbyGeoffreykeynes.NewYork:SpiralPressfortheLEC,1941.Smallfolio,xxxii,213pp.29plates.originalgreencloth,wornbox.
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»Limitedto1500copies(thisbeingnumber527)withtipped-incolorplatesreproducingLord
Crewe’ssetofBlakewatercolors.Bentley,Blake Books, 377. $50.
187.DanteAlighieri.The Divine Comedy. NewYork:heritagePress:1944Smallfolio,xxii,492pp.With32platesprintedinred(Inferno),brown(Purgatorio),andwhite(Paradiso).originalredclothwithdecorationsinblack,blacklabeltobackstrip,noslipcase.
»translationbyAnderson;introductionbyArthurLivingston.theplatesarereducedfromthe
EmeryWalkerprintingof1922.Bentley381. $20.
188.The Four Zoas:aPhotographicFacsimileoftheManuscriptWithCommentaryontheIlluminations.EditedByCettinatramontanoMagnoAndDavidV.Erdman.Lewisburg,PA:BucknellUniversityPress,1987.4to,258pp.,includesplateswhichbeginonpage115throughtheend.Blackclothwithgiltletteringtobackstrip.Illustrateddust-jacketwithonlyslightsignsofwear.textbrightandclean.Verygood.
»Firsteditionofthisversion,laudedbyBentley(BBS p.14andp.143)whohimselfhadeditedthe
priorversionfromoUP.“...includesaveryclosereadingofthepoem,particularlyofthedesigns
andtheirsexualmeanings,withreduced-sizephotographswhichseemtorevealdetailsnotprevi-
ouslydetected”. $350.
189.Gray,thomas.William Blake’s Designs for Gray’s Poems reproducedfull-sizeinmonochromeorcolourfromtheuniquecopybelongingtohisGracetheDukeofhamil-ton.London:humphreyMilfordandtheoxfordUniversityPress,1922.Folio.pp.22.117plates,including6incoloronrectosonly.Publisher’sredcloth,agoodcopy.
»Limitedto650copies.this“uniquecopy”wasfoundamongFlaxman’spapersafterhisdeath,
wasauctionedin1828,eventuallysoldtoWilliamBeckford,wastransferredtohamiltonPalace
uponthemarriageofBeckford’sdaughtertothetenthDuke,andremainedthereuntilitsdiscovery
inaportfolioofprints.MorerecentlyitwaspurchasedbyPaulMellonforYaleandwasreproduced
infullbythetrianonPress.$875.
190.[homer]The Century Guild Hobby Horse.Vol.1,no.7.London:kegan,Paul,trenchandCo.,1887.4to,pp.81-128WithaBurne-Jonesfrontispiece,aBlakeplateandotherillustrations.originaldecorativewrappers.Inkinscriptiontotoprightcornerofupperwrapper.Verygood.
»ofespecialinterestinthisvolumeisthesuperbreproductionbyMuir(uncredited)ofBlake’s
On Homer’s Poetry,oneofhisrarestpieces,alongwithanessayontheprintbyh.P.horne.See
Bentley,BlakeBooks,1885.theBurne-JonesfrontispieceisaprintfromtheSong of Songs entitled
Quae est ista. $450.
191.Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion. 1804.[London:JohnPearson,1877].Large4to,100plates,printedinblackandwhite,withblackframinglines.Modernquar-terbrownmoroccoandclothboards,afewleavesatthebackwithslightpaperdamageinthemargin.
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»AwonderfulfacsimileofcopyD(nowatharvard),limitedto100copiesperBentleyand
keynes.BentleyattributedthepublicationtoChattobutrevisedittoPearsoninhisBlakeBooks
supplement.theRindercopyreproducedbythetrianonPressisinasmallerformatandthis
largequartohasamuchmoreimposingandappealingpresenceandseemstobeabetterfacsimile
–certainlythiscopyisclearerandmorestrikingthancopyC.Bentley,Blake Books, 76,andBlake
Books Supplement, p.88.Asiswellknown,BlakemadefivecopiesofJerusalemofwhichonlyone
didhecolor,theotherfourallbeingb/w.Asuiteof25plateswasalsocoloredbyBlake,andafew
posthumouscopieswereprintedintints. $1650.
192.Milton,John.L’Allegro ... togetherwithANoteuponthePoemsbyW.P.trent.Il Pense-roso .... togetherwithaNoteuponthePaintingsbyChaunceyBrewstertinker.NewYork:LimitedEditionsClub,1954.Large8vo,43;44,[2]pp.,12gravureplatesafterthepaintingsbyWilliamBlake.Gilt-lettereddarkgreencloth,slipcase;prospectusandnewsletter.
»Limitedto1780copiesdesignedbyBruceRogers.theillustrationsarefromtheBlakedesignsin
thecollectionofthePierpontMorganLibraryandthetwoworksbyMiltonwhichtheyillustrate
havebeenprinteddos-a-dos. $65.
193.Milton,John.L’Allegro ... togetherwithANoteuponthePoemsbyW.P.trent.Il Pense-roso .... togetherwithaNoteuponthePaintingsbyChaunceyBrewstertinker.NewYork:heritagePress,1954.Large8vo,43;44,[2]pp.,12gravureplatesafterthepaintingsbyWilliamBlake.quarterredcloth,marbledboards.
»ReprintoftheeditiondesignedbyBruceRogers.theillustrationsarefromtheBlakedesignsin
thecollectionofthePierpontMorganLibraryandthetwoworksbyMiltonwhichtheyillustrate
havebeenprinteddos-a-dos. $35.
194.Milton,John.Paradise Lost.WiththeillustrationsbyWilliamBlakeprintedincolorforthefirsttimeandwithprefacesbyPhiliphoferandJohnt.Winterich.NewYork:heri-tagePress,1940.Royal8vo,xx,311pp.Withafrontispieceand8colorplates.originalcloth,slipcase.Verygood.
»Bentley,BlakeBooks,391. $30.
195.The Note-Book of William Blake, Called the Rossetti Manuscript. London:theNonesuchPress,1935.4to,xii,163pagesandunnumberedplatesofphoto-reproductionofthenotebook.originalbluebuckram.Spinefaded.
»Limitedto650copies.Bentley,Blake Books, 123. $150.
196.Pencil Drawings by William Blake. EditedbyGeoffreykeynes.[London]:theNone-suchPress,1927.4to,xvi,[164]pp.,82plates.originalhalflinen,tanboards.Slightwearbutverygood.
»Limitedto1550copies.theessentialworkonthesubject,beautifullyproducedbytheNonesuch
Press.Bentley,BlakeBooks,409. $125.
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197.Blake’s Pencil Drawings. Second Series. EditedbyGeoffreykeynes.[London:]None-suchPress,1956.4to,xi[xii],[114]pp.56plates.originalrustcloth,nodust-jacket.
»Limitedto1440copies.thisvolumeadds56newdrawingstotheprior86reproducedbythe
NonesuchPressin1927.Bentley,Blake Books, 402. $45.
198. The Poems of William Blake. EditedbyAileenWard.Cambridge:LimitedEditionsClub,1973.Large8vo,xxiv,291pp.12mountedplates.quarterblackmoroccooverbur-gundyclothboards,backstripstampedingiltandburgundy,blackportraitmedallionincenteroffrontcover.Blackslipcase.Verygood.
»No.1176of1500limitededitioncopies.Withverybrightcolorreproductionsfromseveral
illuminatedbooks.Bentley,Blake Books,A296:“aprettypieceofbookmaking.” $100.
199.Scott,WilliamBell.William Blake Etchings from His Works With Descriptive Text. London:Chatto&Windus,1878.Folio,8pp.oftextand10plates.originalcloth-backedprintedboardsworn,repairedatheadandfoot.
»Firstedition.Aninterestingcollection,completewith8mountedoriginaletchingsonIndia
proofpaperandtwolithographs,executedbyScottafterBlake’sdesigns. $375.
200.There is No Natural Religion. London:Pickering&Co.,1886.8vo,12leaveswithillus-trationsprintedlithographicallyinreddish-brownhighlightedinblack(3colored),origi-nalprintedbluewrappers.Inalaterfullbluemoroccobinding,letteredingilt,fine.
»Large-papercopy,privatelyprintedforPickeringinaneditionof50copies.oneoftherarest
Blakefacsimiles,and,onlyinthelarge-paperedition,verywellexecuted(therestwerenotcolored
andwereprintedinadarkbrownwithouthighlights).NotinBentleybutseeBlake Books Supplement,
page140. $2500.
201.Vala; or, The Four Zoas. AFacsimileoftheManuscript,atranscriptofthePoemandaStudyofitsGrowthandSignificancebyG.E.Bentley,Jr.oxford:AttheClarendonPress,1963.Largefolio,xviii,220pages.142pagesofplates.Withtheeditor’spresentationsliplaidin.Cloth,dust-jacket(torn).Internallyfine.
»Firsteditionthus.Afineproductionoftheonlyfacsimileofthishugemanuscript.Bentley, Blake
Books,212. $400.
202.Virgil.Evans,Frederickh. William Blake’s Illustrations to Thornton’s Pastorals of Virgil ... EnlargedFac-SimilesinPlatinotypefromthescarceoriginaleditionbyFreder-ickh.Evans.[London]:Privatelyprinted,1912.Large4to,[38]ff.Withall17ofBlake’swoodcutsenlarged(virtuallydouble),mountedonleaves.WiththeportraitfrontispiecebyJohnLinnellalsogreatlyenlarged,andwithaphotoofthelifemaskofBlakebyDevilleattheend.originalhalfbluemorocco,backstripletteredingiltandstampedwithEvans’sinitials.Evansbookplateatthefront.
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»Limitedtotwocopies,ofatotaleditionof25copies;thiscopyisinscribedbyEvansasoneof
two“unnumberedpresentationcopies”andwashisowncopy.AlsotippedinistheletterfromCecil
SmithattheV&Aacceptingtheothercopy.ofespecialimportanceistheinclusioninthiscopy
ofthereviewthatappearedinThe AthenaeumforJanuary,1843,inwhichBlake’swoodcutsare
discussedatlengthandanoriginalprintfromBlake’sactualwoodblock(borrowedfromLinnell)
isprintedinthetextofthearticle.AlsoattheendisThe Athenaeum forJan.1913withareviewof
thisbook.Bentley,Blake Books, 507. $5500.
203.Virgil. The Illustrations of ... for Thornton’s Virgil, withtheFirstEclogueandtheImi-tationbyAmbrosePhillips.theIntroductionbyGeoffreykeynes.London:NonesuchPress,1937.8vo,38pagesillustrationsinthetext,13pagesofillustrationsfromBlake’swoodcuts.Withaportfolioof17electrotypeplates.Decoratedpaperoverboards.Verygood.
»Limitedto1000copiesprintedattheCurwenPress.Includes8proofplatesfromthefirststate,
andthe16originalpencildrawings,allreproducedhereforthefirsttime.Bentley,Blake Books,510.
$125.
204.Young.Illustrations to Young’s Night Thoughts done in water-colour by William Blake ... fromtheoriginalwater-coloursinthelibraryofWilliamAugustusWhite,withanintroductoryEssaybyGeoffreykeynes.Cambridge:FoggMuseum,1927.Large4to,with5colorplatesand25monochromeplates,andintroductorytext.originalgrayclothportfolioslightlyworn,internallyfine.
»Limitedto500copies.Anexcellentjobofcolorfacsimileshowingthegloryofthewater-colors.
Bentley,Blake Books,395. $300.
205.Young.William Blake’s Designs for Edward Young’s Night Thoughts. Suiteof523ColouredFacsimiles.London:theFolioSociety,2005.2volumeslargefolio,548pagesfull-colorfacsimile&accompanying362pagescommentary;asnewinquarterbluemo-rocco.Inablueclothboxwithleatherlabel.Acompletefacsimileofall537watercolorsfromtheoriginaleditionintheBritishMuseum.Asnew.
»WilliamBlakewascommissionedin1795toillustrateNight Thoughtsforamajorneweditionof
thepoemtobepublishedbyRichardEdwards.Blakebeganbymakingaseriesof537watercolor
illustrationsfromwhichheplannedtoengraveabout200forpublication.thefirstvolume–with
forty-threeengravingsbyBlake–waspublishedin1797,butitwasacommercialfailureand
theexpensivepublishingventurewasabandoned.In2005theFolioSocietypublishedintwo
volumesafineeditionfacsimileaccompaniedbyacommentarybyRobynhamlyn.thisisthe
firsttimetheentireserieshasbeenpublishedinfull-colorfacsimileanditisasuperbproduction.
Itisunlikelyevertoberepeated.DuetothefactthattheprincipalevidenceofBlake’sworkon
theseillustrationswasthecomparativelyshortseriesofengravings,arthistoryhasbeenslowto
recognizethesignificanceoftheprojectwithinBlake’soeuvre. $3500.
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206.Ackroyd,Peter.Blake. NewYork:knopf,1996.8vo,399pages.Abundantlyillustratedwithplates,manyincolor,andillustrationsthroughoutthetext.Dust-jacket,signedbyauthor.Nearfine.
»FirstAmericanedition,publishedayearaftertheUkedition.Admiredbyscholarsandreaders
alike;perhapsoverallthebestlifeofBlaketodate. $15.
207.Baker,C.h.Catalogue of William Blake’s Drawings and Paintings in the Hunting-ton Library. EnlargedandrevisedbyR.R.Wark.SanMarino:1963.8vo,vii,55pp.,38plates.originalquartercloth;averygoodcopy.
»Secondedition,revisedandenlargedbyWarkfromthe1957edition.SeeBentley,Blake Books, 646.
$35.
208.Bentley,G.E.Jr.The Stranger from Paradise: A Biography of William Blake. NewhavenandLondon:YaleUniversityPress,2001.8vo,xxvii,532pp.With136illustrations(manyincolor)andnumerousfiguresinthetext.Blackclothwithgilttobackstrip.Illus-trateddust-jacket.Asnew.
»Firstedition.WithAckroyd,Wilson,andGilchrist,anessentialreferenceforBlakebiography.
$30.
209.Bindman,David.Blake as an Artist. oxford:Phaidon,1977.8vo,256pp.With72pp.ofillustrations.originalcloth,dust-jacket.
»thestandardart-historicalstudy.Bentley,Blake Books Supplement,page373. $25.
210.Bindman,David.The Complete Graphic Works of William Blake.[London]:thamesandhudson,1978.4to,492pp.655plates.Browncloth.Illustrateddust-jacket.Verygood.
»Firstedition.IndispensablesinglevolumereferencetoBlake.Bentley,Blake Books Supplement,
pages150–51issueA. $150.
211.Binyon,Laurence.Blake,William.The Drawings and Engravings of William Blake. EditedbyGeoffreyholme.London:Studio,Limited,1922.4to,vii,29pp.With16colorplatesand92black-and-whiteplates.originalparchment,uppercoverletteredingilt,blacklabelonbackstrip,originalgrayclothfoldingbox.
»Editiondeluxelimitedto200copies.Bentley,Blake Books, 404. $495.
212.Blake,William.Auguries of Innocence. WoodengravingsbyLeonardBaskin.NY:Gross-man,1968.8vo,originalboards,slipcase.
»Facsimiletradereprintoftheoriginaleditionwhichwasissuedinaneditionlimitedto100
copies,withaprintsignedbyBaskinatthefront.thiseditionwasunlimitedbutnicelyproduced
byMeridenGravure. $45.
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213.Blake,William.Letters. EditedbyGeoffreykeynes.NewYork:Macmillan,1956.8vo,261pages,with13plates.originalbluecloth,dust-jacket.
»Revisededition.Bentley,BlakeBooks,93B:“Comprehendsfairlyfullnotes,somerelated
documentssuchasreceipts,andprovenances.” $20.
214.Blake,William.Writings. EditedinthreeVolumesbyGeoffreykeynes.London:None-suchPress,1925-27.together3vols.,royal8vo,withafrontispieceand58plates.originalquarterparchment,agoodsetasissued.
»Limitedto1500sets,beautifullyprintedandillustratedandcomprisingBlake’sentirecanon.
Bentley,Blake Books,370Aand2981A. $300.
215.Bruce,harold.William Blake in this World.London:JonathanCape,1925.8vo,v,234pp.Frontispiece,10plates,andachart.originalbluecloth,alittleworn.
»Firstedition,useful.Bentley,Blake Books, 1304. $10.
216.Butlin,Martin.The Paintings and Drawings of William Blake. YaleUP:1981.2vol-umes,large4to,xxvi,668pp.;vol.21193illustrations.originalcloth,dust-jackets.
»thedefinitiveworkonthesubject,longoutofprintandhardtocomeby.thestudyreproduces
virtuallyeveryextantoriginalBlakeworkofart,including104leavesofcolorreproduction.$275.
217.Damon,S.Foster.William Blake his philosophy and symbols. London:Constable,1924.Large8vo,xv,487pp.Withafrontispieceandoneplate.originalblueclothletteredingilt.
»Firstedition.Bentley1455:“thefirstthoroughlyscholarlybookaboutBlake...ofgreat
importance”. $50.
218.Damon,S.Foster.A Blake Dictionary: The Ideas and Symbols of William Blake.NewYork:Dutton,1971.8vo,xii,460[461-463]pages;12plates(including2double-pagemaps),somewithaccompanyingkeys.originalpaperwrappers.
»Firstedition,thebestoffourprintings.“thisenormousworkisparticularlyusefulinidentifying
Blake’sillusionstopeopleintheBibleandtoplacesinBritain.”Bentley,Blake Books, 1445A.$10.
219.Doskow,Minna. William Blake’s Jerusalem: Structure and Meaning in Poetry and Picture.Londonandtoronto:AssociatedUniversityPresses,1982.8vo,283pp.Fullclothwithgiltletteringtobackstrip.Illustrateddust-jacket.Verygood.
»Firstedition.Bentley,BBS, p.456:“adetailedreading...withafacsimileofJerusalemcopyC”.$50.
220.Erdman,DavidV.,editor. The Poetry and Prose of William Blake. CommentarybyharoldBloom.GardenCity,N.Y.:Doubleday&Company,1965.8vo,xxiv,906pp.,4plates.quarterbuckramwithbluecloth-coveredboards,stampedingilttotopcoverwithBlake’s
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signature,blacklabeltobackstrip.Dust-jacket,averygoodcopy.
»Firstedition,averyhighlyregardededition.Bentley,Blake Books,304A:“editoriallyofthefirst
importance”. $55.
221.Erdman,David,ed.The Illuminated Blake. AllofWilliamBlake’silluminatedworkswithaplate-by-platecommentary.NewYork:Dover,1974.oblongfolio,416pp.Papercovers,minorsoilingandwear.Verygood.
»thesoft-boundAmericanedition.Bentley,Blake Books, A261. $25.
222.Erdman,Davidetal.Designs for Edward Young’s Night Thoughts. A Complete Edi-tion. EditedbyDavidV.Erdman,JohnE.Grant,EdwardJ.Rose,MichaelJ.tolley.oUP:1980.2vols.,large4to,xvi,99;viii+537reproductionsofwatercolordrawingsand43engravings.originalcloth,dust-jackets,boxed.Asnew.
»Publishedat£150:aremarkableexampleofscholarlypublishingworthyofitssubject.Bentley,
BlakeBooks(postscript2000)p.7. $450.
223.Essick,RobertN.William Blake at The Huntington. An Introduction to the William Blake Collection ... NewYork:Abrams,1994.4to,159pp.Illustratedwith64colorplates.originalwrappers,fine.
»PerfectcopyofthisessentialguidetooneofthegreatestBlakecollectionsintheUSA. $20.
224.Essick,RobertN.The Separate Plates of William Blake. A Catalogue. PrincetonUni-versityPress,1983.Large4to,xxviii,302pp.With114illustrationsofwhich9areincolor.originalcloth,dust-jacket,asnew.
»thedefinitivework,expandingandcorrectingkeynes.outofprint. $25.
225.Essick,RobertN.Blake,William(illustrator).William Blake’s Relief Inventions. LosAngeles:PressofthePegacycleLady,1978.Folio,(34)pp.,withafrontispiece&8illustra-tions.quartervelinwithbluepaper-coveredboards,blackletteringstampedtobackstrip.Signedbytheauthorwithadedicatoryinscription.Afinecopy.
»Editionlimitedto365copies,thisparticularvolumefallsoutsideofthenumberededitions,and
islabeled‘h.c.reviewcopy’withadedicatoryinscriptionandsignaturebytheauthor.Bentley,BBS,
p.466:“Ashort,technical,illuminatingessay...abeautifullymadebookwitheightBlakeplates
printedbyBlake’smethods.” $375.
226.Essick,RobertN.A Troubled Paradise William Blake’s Virgil Wood Engravings ByRobertN.Essick.toWhichIsAddedAnAfterwordonCollectingWilliamBlakeByJohnWindle.SanFrancisco:JohnWindle,2000.tallslim8vo,48pp.,8plates,hand-sewninJapanesepaper,finelyprintedwithillustrationsdepictingsomeofBlake’soriginaldraw-ingsandproofs,andthecompletesetofpublishedprints.
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»theeditionislimitedto512copies,copiesnumberedI-XII(seeseparateplatessection)also
hadanoriginalwoodengravingbyBlake.Essick’swell-illustratedessayhasbeenrecognisedasthe
definitivestatementontheVirgilwoodengravings;myafterwordidentifiesthestandardBlake
itemsoneencountersinthemarketplaceandbrieflydescribes,editions,statesetc.Beautifully
printedandboundindecorativeJapanesepaper. $35.
227.[Exhibitioncatalogue].(trianonPress).An Exhibition of the Illuminated Books of William Blake Poet Printer Prophet. Arranged by the William Blake Trust. ACommemorativehandbookwithastudybyGeoffreykeynesandaforewordbyLessingJ.Rosenwald.Paris:trianonPress,1964.4to,56pp.,withafrontispieceand15colorplates.originalcolor-printedwrappers.ClippingfromFrancisEdwards,Ltd.,Booksellers’cata-loguelooselyinsertedinfrontendpapers.Someyellowingtoedges.Verygood.
»theoriginal1964catalogue.Bentley,BB,688. $15.
228.[Exhibitioncatalogue].hamlyn,Robin.Phillips,Michael.Ackroyd,Peter.Butler,Marilyn.William Blake. [London]:tate[Gallery],2000.Large4to,301pp.profuselyillustratedincolorthroughout.originalcloth,dustjacket.
»themagnificentcatalogueofthegreattateexhibitionof2000thatthentraveled(withsome
additionsandsubtractions)totheMetropolitanMuseumNY. $30.
229.Frye,Northrop.Fearful Symmetry. Princeton:PrincetonUniversityPress,1970.8vo,x,462pp.With6plates.New3-page.introductiondated1969.Purpleprintedwrappers.Verygood.
»Reprint.Bentley1646G:“magisterial”. $30.
230.howard,John.Blake’s Milton. A Study in Selfhood. Madison,NJ:FairleighDickinsonPress,1976.8vo,300pp.Greencloth.Illustrateddust-jacket.Verygood.
»Firstedition.Bentley,BBsupplement,p.24.“AdiscussionofBlake’sviewoftherelationshipofthe
materialcreationandthespiritualworld.” $20.
231.keynes,Geoffrey.Blake Studies: Notes on His Life and Works in Seventeen Chapters. London:Ruperthart-Davis,1949.Large8vo,xiii,208pp.With5figures,8electrotypesand48plates.Greencloth,dust-jacketwithwaterstainonbackstrip,agoodcopy.
»Firstedition,reprintedin1971withrevisions.Bentley,Blake Books,2010. $35.
232.keynes,Geoffrey.Blake Studies: Notes on His Life and Works in Seventeen Chapters. NewYork:haskellhousePublishers,19718vo,xiii,208pp.With5figures,8electrotypesand48plates.Greencloth.
»Facsimilereprintofthefirstedition.SeeBentley,Blake Books,2010. $15.
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233.keynes,Geoffrey.William Blake’s Engravings. London:FaberandFaber,[1950].4to,30pp.oftext,118platesfollowedbytheVirgilwoodcutsandeightreliefetchingsfromtheSongs.originalfullgraycloth.
»FirsteditionofthisusefulreferenceworkwithselectedplatesfromallofBlake’smajorworks.
Bentley,Blake Books,517. $40.
234.keynes,Geoffrey.William Blake’s Engravings. NewYork:CooperSquare,1972.4to,30pp.oftext,118platesfollowedbytheVirgilwoodcutsandeightreliefetchingsfromtheSongs.originalfullgraycloth.
»ReprintofthefirsteditionofthisusefulreferenceworkwithselectedplatesfromallofBlake’s
majorworks.Bentley,BlakeBooks,517B. $15.
235.keynes,Geoffrey.The Gates of Memory.oxford:theClarendonPress,1981.thick8vo,xi,428pp.originalgreenbuckramstampedingilttobackstrip,greenpictorialdustjacket(notprice-clipped);illustratedthroughoutinblackandwhitebymeansof56facsimileswithinthetext.Nearfineinverygooddustjacket.
»Firstedition. $25.
236.keynes,GeoffreyandEdwinWolf.William Blake’s Illuminated Books A Census. NewYork:GrolierClub,1953.4to,xix,125pages.With8plates.originalblueclothletteredingilt.
»Limitedto400copies.Bentley,Blake Books, 666. $85.
237.king,James.William Blake His Life. London:WeidenfeldandNicholson,1991.8vo,xviii,263pp.Withafrontispiece,21plates,andnumerousillustrationsinthetext.origi-nalbrowncloth,dust-jacket.Asnew.
»Firstedition,wellillustrated.Bentley,Blake Books Supplement,p.535. $15.
238.Miller,Dan,MarkBracherandDonaldAult,editors.Critical Paths. Blake and the Ar-gument of Method. DurhamandLondon:DukeUniversityPress,1987.8vo,380pp.With12illustrations.Illustratedwrappers.Verygood.
»Paperback.Bentley,BBS,p.574:listingtheessaysatlength. $10.
239.o’Neill,Juditheditor.Critics on Blake. CoralGables:UniversityofMiamiPress,1970.Small8vo,120pp.originaldecoratedbrowncloth,fine.
»Bentley,Blake Books,2327liststheovertwentyessays,hereprintedinpartorwholefromanon.
toYeats. $20.
240.Percival,Miltono.William Blake’s Circle of Destiny. NewYork:ColumbiaUniversityPress,1938.8vo,viii,334pp.11illustrationsplusfrontispiece.Greenclothwithgiltsetingreenbackstriplabel.Bookplate.Verygood.
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»Firstedition.Bentley,BB,2379:“thisilluminatingstudyofBlake’smythologyisparticularly
usefulfortheBlakeansourcesandanalogiesitpointstoinalchemical,Biblical,andkabbalistic
literature.” $35.
241.Preston,kerrison.The Blake Collection of W. Graham Robertson described by the Collector.London:PublishedfortheWilliamBlaketrustbyFaberandFaberLimited,[1952].8vo,263pp.,64plates.originalclothwithlightlychippeddust-jacket,stainingalongspine.Verygood.
»FirstEdition.Bentley,Blake Books,664. $50.
242.Raine,kathleen.Blake and Antiquity. Princeton:Bollingen,1977.8vo,116pages.With91illustrations.originalbeigecloth,fine.
»AnabridgmentofRaine’sBlakeandtradition.NotinBentley. $25.
243.Ryskamp,Charles.William Blake Engraver: A Descriptive Catalogue ... byCharlesRyskamp.WithanIntroductoryEssaybyGeoffreykeynes.Princeton:1969.8vo,61pp,il-lus.originalmarbledwrappers,labelonuppercovermissing.
»onlyeditionofthisessential,andmostuseful,study,inaveryhandyformat.Bentley,Blake Books,
700. $25.
244.Sinderen,Adrianvan.Blake the Mystic Genius. Syracuse,NY:SyracuseUniversityPress,1949.4to,119pp.illustrationsoriginalquartercloth,slipcase.Verygood.
»1100copiesprinted.Bentley,Blake Books, 2898.thishasthe“L’Allegro”and“IlPenseroso”designs,
andBlake’saccompanyingMS,nicelyreproduced,thewatercolorsincolor. $45.
245.tannenbaum,Leslie.Biblical Tradition in Blake’s Early Prophecies. theGreatCodeofArt.Princeton,NewJersey:PrincetonUniversityPress,[1982].8vo,xiii,[1],373[374]pp.Dust-jacket.Verygood.
»Bentley,Blake Books Supplement,p.657. $25.
246.Viscomi,Joseph.Blake and the Idea of the Book. Princeton:PrincetonUniversityPress,1993.oblongsmallfolio,xxxvi,453pp.,profuselyillustratedandwith13colorplates.originalcloth,dust-jacket,asnew.
»Firstedition,alreadyoutofprint.Bentley,Blake Books, (newedition2000)notesonp.11that
thisisoneoftwobooksdesignated“themostimportantandlastingly-influential”ofthelast
twenty-fiveyears.Shamefully,Princeton,notoriousforremainderingEssick’sSeparatePlates
cataloguerecently,hasnowletthisworkgooutofprint.Inthishighlyinnovative“historyofthe
book,”JosephViscomidrasticallyrevisesourunderstandingofWilliamBlakeasheexploresthe
technologybehindtheIlluminatedBooks.Byusingfacsimilescreatedinhisownstudio,Viscomi,
anexperiencedprintmaker,offersthemostcompleteexplanationofhowtheilluminatedplates
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weremade,howBlake’stechniquescomparedtoothereighteenth-centuryprinttechnologies,and
howtheplateswereprintedandtheimpressionscolored.hisanalysisoftheseproceduresreveals
thattheIlluminatedBookswereproducedinsmalleditionsandnot,asisassumed,onecopyat
atimeandbycommission.thesenewfactsofproductionredefinesuchbasicconceptsinBlake
scholarshipas“style,”“period,”“intention,”and“difference,”whichinturnalterthedatesofnearly
allcopiesofalltheIlluminatedBooksandrefutecurrentapproachestoreadingandeditingBlake.
ByplacingBlake’smodesofproductionintheirhistorical,technical,andaestheticcontext,Viscomi
enablesustoseehowprofoundlyBlake’smetaphors,images,symbols,themes,andanalogiesare
groundedingraphicexecution,whileexposingawealthofconnectionsbetweenmaterialprocesses
andlargermeaningsthroughouttheworks. $375.
247.Wilson,Mona.The Life of William Blake.London:NonesuchPress,1927.Royal8vo,xvi,398,(4)pp.Withafrontispieceand24plates.originalquarterparchmentalittlesoiled.
»Limitedto1480sets,beautifullyprintedandillustrated.Bentley,Blake Books, 2981A:
“scrupulouslyusedcontemporaryaccountsofBlakewhichhadnotappearedinprintbefore.thisis
averyfull,accurate,andreliablework,andissometimescalledthe‘standard’biographyofBlake.”
$100.
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A n O T E O n T H E B L A K E FAC s I M I L E s F R O M T H E B I B L I O T E C A L A s O L A nA
These facsimilesofselectedplatesfromBlake’silluminatedbookswereprintedfrom
metalplates,bothcopperandzinc,producedasreliefphoto-etchingsinthe1970s.
Some of these metal plates were created by professional craftsmen, but several were
createdbyRobertN.EssickaspartofhisexperimentalinvestigationsintoBlake’sown
etchingprocedures.thefacsimilesofSongs of Innocence and of Experiencearebasedon
true-sizephoto-negativesoftheelectrotypesofBlake’soriginalcopperplatespublishedin
AlexanderGilchrist’sLife of William Blake,1863.thefacsimilesofAmerica a Prophecy
andThe Ghost of Abelarebasedontrue-sizephoto-negativesofuncoloredcopiesprinted
byBlakeandnowinthehuntingtonLibrary.
the impressions presented here were printed by Essick in the summer of 2011
on a hand-operated proofing press which replicates the rolling action of Blake’s own
etchingpress.Althoughthesearereliefprints,intaglioinkwasusedbecauseBlakevery
probablyprintedinthattypeofink,familiartohimfromhisprofessionalactivitiesas
aconventionaletcher/engraver.AfewimpressionswereprintedonJWhatman/1794
wovepapertakenfromadamagedandincompletecopyofthe1797editionofEdward
Young’sNight ThoughtscontainingBlake’sillustrations.Blakeusedthissamepaperin
atleasteightofhisilluminatedbooks,includingcopiesofAmericaandEurope.Some
impressionswerepulledonnineteenth-centurypapers,both laidandwove,butmost
wereprintedonmodernpaperswithatoneandtextureclosetothepapersBlakeused.
All impressionsaresignedandnumberedbyEssick,with the totalprint-run foreach
platealsoindicated.thecompletefacsimileofThe Ghost of Abelisboundpamphlet-style
inimitationofthestabbedbindingscreatedbyBlake’swifeCatherineforhisilluminated
books.
ExceptforonesmallfragmentofBlake’scopperplateforarejectedplateforAmerica,
nowintheNationalGalleryofArt,Washington,hisoriginalplatesfortheilluminated
booksarelost.thesefacsimilesareasclosetonewimpressionsfromBlake’sownrelief-
etchedplatesascanbeachieved.
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July 2011 Printing (completesetsold)orderscanbetakenforindividualprints,priceon
application($75-$150each)
a.There is no Natural Religion,titlepage.Russet*inkon18th-centurywovepaper,no.1of5.
b.Modernwovepaper,no.2of5.
c.Songs of Innocence,titlepage.Russetinkon18th-centurywovepaper,no.2of2.
d.Russetinkonmodernlaidpaper,no.2of3.
e.“theLamb”fromSongs of Innocence.threeimpressionsinrussetinkonmodernwove
paper,nos.2-4of5.
f.“NursesSong”fromSongs of Innocence.Russetinkon18th-centurywovepaper,no.2of2.
g.“theDivineImage”fromSongs of Innocence.Russetinkonmodernlaidpaper,no.1of3.
h.“holythursday”fromSongs of Experience.Russetinkonmodernwovepaper,no.2of5.
i.twoimpressionsinrussetinkonmodernlaidpaper,nos.3and4of5.
j.Blueinkonmodernwovepaper,no.1of5.
k.twoimpressionsinblueinkonmodernlaidpaper,nos.2and3of3.
l.Blackinkonmodernlaidpaper,no.1of3.
m.“thehumanAbstract”fromSongs of Experience.twoimpressionsinrussetinknmodern
wovepaper,nos.2and3of5.
n.Burntumberink,lightlyprintedonmodernwovepaperinimitationofBlake’simpressions
ofthe1790s,no.1of2thus.
o.America,frontispiece.twoimpressionsinrussetinkonmodernwovepaper,nos.2and3of3.
p.America,titlepage.twoimpressionsinrussetinkonmodernwovepaper,nos.2and3of3.
q.America,plate12(orcinflames).twoimpressionsinrussetinkonmodernwovepaper,nos.
2and3of3.
r.The Ghost of Abel,plates1and2(thecompletework).Blackinkonmodernlaidpaper,each
impressionno.2of5.
s.Plates1and2inblackinkonmodernwovepaper,eachimpressionno.3of5.
note: AlloriginalcopieswereprintedbyBlakeinblackink.
*Createdbycombiningburntsiennaandburntumberinks.
248.August 2011 Printing: onesetavailableenblocfor$1750.orderscanbetakenfor
individualprints,priceonapplication($75-$150each)
a.There is no Natural Religion,titlepage.Russet*inkon1794Whatmanwovepaper,no.2of5.
b.Russetinkon19th-centurylaidpaper,no.1ofl.
c.Modernwovepaper,no.4of5.
d.Songs of Innocence,titlepage.Russetinkon1794Whatmanwovepaperwiththewatermark,
no.1of3.
e.Darkoliveinkof1794Whatmanwovepaper,no.2of3.
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f.Russetinkonmodernwovepaper,no.2of5.
g.“theLamb”fromSongs of Innocence.Russetinkon1794Whatmanwovepaper,no.2of3.
h.Russetinkon19th-centurylaidpaper,no.1of1.
i.Blueinkonmodernwovepaper,no.2of5.
j.“NursesSong”fromSongs of Innocence.Russetinkon1794Whatmanwovepaperwiththe
watermark,no.1of3.
k.olivebrowninkon1794Whatmanwovepaper,no.2of3.
l.Russetinkonmodernwovepaper,no.3of5.
m.“theDivineImage”fromSongs of Innocence.Russetinkon1794Whatmanwovepaper,no.
2of3.
n.Russetinkonmodernwovepaper,no.2of3.
o.“holythursday”fromSongs of Experience.oliveinkwithgoldhighlightson1794Whatman
wovepaper,no.2of3.
p.Russetinkon1794Whatmanwovepaper,no.1of3.
q.Russetinkonmodernwovepaper,no.2of5.
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r.“thehumanAbstract”fromSongs of Experience.Darkblueinkon1794Whatmanwove
paper,no.1of3.
s.Russetinkon1794Whatmanwovepaper,no.2of3.
t.Darkblueinkonmodernwovepaper,no.2of5.
u.America,frontispiece.twoimpressionsinrussetinkonmodernwovepaper,nos.2and3of3.
v.America,titlepage.twoimpressionsindarkrussetinkonmodernwovepaper,nos.2and3
of3.
w.America,plate12(orcinflames).twoimpressionsinrussetinkonmodernwovepaper,nos.
2and3of3.
x.America,plate14,designonly(theoldmanenteringthetomb).twoimpressionsinrusset
inkonmodernwovepaper,nos.1and2of3.
y.The Ghost of Abel,plates1and2(thecompletework).Blackinkonmodernlaidpaper,no.2
of3boundpamphlet-styleinmodernbluepaper.
z.Plates1and2inblackinkonmodernwovepaper,eachimpressionno.4of5.Notbound.
note: AlloriginalcopieswereprintedbyBlakeinblackink.
*Createdbycombiningburntsiennaandburntumberinks.
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249.Blake in Our Time. Essays in Honour of G.E. Bentley Jr. EditedbykarenMulhal-len.toronto:UtPress,2010.8vo,296pp,illustrated.Cloth,dust-jacket,new.
»Beginninginthe1960s,UniversityoftorontoscholarG.E.BentleyJralmostsingle-handedlyshiftedthefocusofBlakecriticismfromformalismandsymbolismtothemate-rialofBlake’swork.FollowinginBentley’sfootsteps,Blake in Our TimeexploresBlake’spoetryandartinthecontextofthematerialcultureofhisera.thisrichlyillustratedcol-lectiondemonstratesthatonekeytoBlake’sworkliesinthehistoricalparticularsofhistimeandplace.topicsincludetheimpactofthetownofChichesteronBlake’simaginedcities;thematerialprocessesofBlake’spainting;thedetectionofaBlakeforgery;andnewbiographicalinformationaboutBlakeandhiscontemporaries,patrons,peers,andfriends,usingarchivesandonlinesources.Aswell,thereareessaysontheimportanceofBlakecollectionsworldwide,onvariantprintings,andontheheirsofBlakeinBritishpainting.contributors: DavidBindman,RobertBrandeis,MartinButlin,MarkCrosby,keriDavies,RobertEssick,MaryLynnJohnson,MortonPaley,troyPatenaude,JoycetownsendandBronwynormsby,JosephViscomi,RichardAngusWhitehead,andothers.
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