a catalogue of original blake illustrations, along with ... · illustrations of the book of job...

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.

JohNWINDLEANtIqUARIANBookSELLER

49GearyStreet,Suite233SanFrancisco,CA94108USA

tel: (415)986-5826

fax: (415)986-5827

cell: (415)[email protected],associate:[email protected]

open shop: Monday–Friday9:30–6,Sat10–5,preferablybyappointment,unlessjustbrowsing.

MemberABAA,ILAB,PBFA,IoBA

Catalogue$25

front cover:“IwantIwant”144

back cover:““helphelp”142

(bothfromitem156:The Gates of Paradise,Blaketrust1968,greatlyenlarged)

[

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

[

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”


8.Plate6:“AndsmoteJobwithsoreBoils”

Afewspotsoffoxingatfootofimage.

$4350.

9.Plate7:“Andwhentheylifteduptheireyes”


10.Plate8:“LettheDayperish”


11.Plate9:“thenaSpiritpassedbeforemyface”


12.Plate10:“theJustUprightMan”

Marginalfoxinginleftandrightmargin. $4350.

13.Plate11:“Withdreamsuponmybed”

Asuperbimpression. $5250.

14.Plate12:“IamYoung&yeareveryold”


15.Plate13:“thentheLordansweredJob”


no. 2 no. 3

no.

[

no. 3

no.

no. 4

no.

1 ]

no. 11

no. 13

no.

no.

no.

no. 1

[ 11

no. 11

no. 13

no. 12

no. 14

12 ]

no. 1

no. 21

no. 1

no. 1

no. 1

no. 1

[ 13

no. 1

no. 21

no. 2

no. 22

14 ]

16.Plate14:“WhenthemorningStarssangtogether”


17.Plate15:“BeholdnowBehemoth”


18.Plate16:“thouhastfulfilledtheJudgementoftheWicked”


19.Plate17:“Ihaveheardthee”


20.Plate18:“AndmyServantJobshallprayforyou”


21.Plate19:“EveryonealsogavehimapieceofMoney”


22.Plate20:“therewerenotfoundWomen”

Foxinginthemarginsandwithin

theimage(faint). $4750.

23.Plate21:“SotheLordblessedthelatterendofJob”

Foxinginthemarginsbutnot

withintheimage. $4950.

no. 23

no. 24

[ 1

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”


corner. $2250.

27.Plate7:“Andwhentheylifteduptheireyes”


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

22 ]

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.

[ 2

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.

2 ]

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.


73.Limes,Capsicum,MammyApple&c.

Singleplate,infinecondition.London:JohnsonandPayne,1813.

Singleplatefromthe1813re-issue. $100

no. no. no.

3 ]

74.Marchthro’aswamporMarshinterra-firma.


75.FamilyofNegroSlavesfromLoango.


76.theExecutionofBreakingontheRack.

Infinecondition.AhorrendousimagethatmusthavemovedBlakedeeply. $300.

no. 1

no.

no. 2

no.

no. 4

no.

[ 31

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.

32 ]

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.

no. 1

[ 33

81.“NighttheFirst”,

withafull-pageengravingbyBlakesurroundingtheletterpresstext. $895.

82.pp.1/2,


83.pp.3/4,


84.pp.7/8,

with2full-pageengravingsbyBlakesurroundingtheletterpresstext.

onlyfiveleavesinthebookhaveengravingsrectoandverso. $1250.

85.pp.9/10,


86.pp.11/12,


87.pp.13/14,


88.pp.15/16,



89.“NighttheSecond”,


90.pp.19/20,


91.pp.23/24,



92.pp.25/26,



34 ]

no. 2

no. 4

no. 3

no.

[ 3

no.

no.

no.

no.

3 ]

no.

no. no. 3

no.

[ 3

93.pp.27/28,


94.pp.31/32,


95.pp.33/34,


96.pp.35/36,


97.pp.37/38,


98.pp.39/40,


99.pp.41/42,


100.“Nightthethird”,


101.pp.45/46,


102.pp.49/50,


103.pp.53/54,


104.pp.55/56,


105.pp.57/58,


3 ]

no. 1

no. 2

no. 1

no. 2

[ 3

no. 4

no.

no.

no.

4 ]

no.

no. 1

no.

no. 11

[ 41

no. 12

no. 14

no. 13

no. 1

42 ]

106.pp.63/64,

withafull-pageengravingbyBlake

surroundingtheletterpresstext.$795.

107.“theChristiantriumph”,


surroundingthetext. $795.

108.pp.69/70,



109.pp.71/72,



110.pp.73/74,



111.pp.75/76,


112.pp.79/80,


113.pp.85/86,


114.pp.87/88,



115.pp.89/90,


116.pp.91/92,


no. 1

[ 43

no. 1

no. 1

no. 1

no. 11

44 ]

no. 111

no. 113

no. 112

no. 11

[ 4

no. 114

no. 11

no. 114

no. 11

4 ]

117.pp.93/94,


118.pp.95/96,


no. 11

[ 4

P R I n T E D B O O K s

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

4 ]

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

[ 4

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

]

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,

[ 1

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.

2 ]

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

[ 3

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.

4 ]

B L A K E T RU sT – T R I A n O n P R E s s (chronologically)

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

copywasboundforpresentationandismagnificent. $5000.

139.Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion. London:trianonPress,[1951].4to,(6),ixtext,and100colorplates.originalbluecloth,foldingboxslightlyworn,verygood.

»Limitedto516copies.thefirstofthemagnificentseriesoffacsimilesbythetrianonPressof

Blake’silluminatedbooks,editedbyGeoffreykeynes.Bentley,Blake Books,78. $3000.

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.

»[Jerusalem:]2500copiesprinted.FacsimileoftheRindercopy,ablack-and-whiteversion,

publishedtoaccompanytheStirlingcoloredcopy.Bently,Blake Books, 79.[Commentary:]First

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.

»Limitedto1600copies,ofwhichmostwereissuedinanorangeclothbinding.thisisnumber

1082.Earlytrianonfacsimile,reproducingCopyB.Bentley,Blake Books,165. $550.

[

142.Songs of Innocence. London:trianonPress,1954.8vo,[vi]pp.letterpress,31colorcol-lotypefacsimileplates.quarterbrownmoroccowithbrownpaper-coveredboards,quartermoroccowithbrownpaper-coveredslipcase.PlatesprintedonArchespureragpaperwithwatermarkofWBmonogram.Slightweartotips.

»Limitedto1600(thosenumbered1-800printedinEngland,while801-1600reservedfor

distributionintheUnitedStates–seecolophon)copies,ofwhichthisislettered“reviewcopy”.

Bentley,Blake Books, 165. $350.

143.Songs of Innocence and of Experience. London:trianonPress,1955.Small8vo,54plates,3pp.printedtextatend.Fullgreenmoroccoslightlydarkened,slipcase,averygoodcopy.

»Limitedto526copies,thisbeingnumber129;thesuperbcolorfacsimileoftheRosenwald-LC

copy(Z).oneofthescarcestandmostdesirableofthetrianonPressbooks.Bentley,Blake Books,

187. $3750.

144.Illustrations to the Bible. London:trianonPress,1957.Folio,with9colorplatesand156illustrations.originalquartermorocco(issuedwithoutaslipcase).

»Limitedto460copies.thiswasthefirsttimethatBlake’sBiblicalillustrationshadbeenbrought

together.thehandlistwascompiledbySirGeoffreykeynesandcomprisesvirtuallyeveryBiblical

paintingbyBlakeinexistence.Bentley,Blake Books, 681. $675.

145.The First Book of Urizen. London:trianonPress,1958.4to,27plates,5pptext,plustheextramaterials.Fullredmorocco,slipcase,verygood.

»Limitedto526copiesofwhichthisiscopyXIVofXXwithasuiteofprogressivestatesofone

plate,anoriginalguide-sheetandstenciletc.thisistheonlydeluxecopyIhaveeverhad.Eventhe

tradeeditionisoneofthemoredifficulttrianonPressbookstofind.Bentley,Blake Books,40.sold

146.Visions of the Daughters of Albion. London:trianonPress,1959.Folio,11plates,7pp.text,plustheextramaterials.Fullorangemorocco,slipcase,somefoxingtothefrontend-papersandedges.

»Limitedto426copiesofwhichthisisthedeluxeissuebeingcopyIIofXXcopieswithasuiteof

progressivestatesofoneplate,anoriginalguide-sheetandstenciletc.thisistheonlydeluxecopy

Ihaveeverhad.oneofthescarcertitlesofthePress,especiallyinfineunfadedcondition.Bentley,

Blake Books, 216. $3750.

147.Visions of the Daughters of Albion. London:trianonPress,1959.Folio,11plates,7pp.text.quarterorangemorocco,slipcase,fine.

»Limitedto426copies.oneofthescarcertitlesofthePress,especiallyinfineunfadedcondition.

Bentley,Blake Books,216. $750.

]

148. The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell. London:trianonPress,1960.Folio,27plates,4pp.text,plustheextramaterials.Fullgreenmorocco,fadedtobrown(asusual),slipcase.

»Limitedto526copies,deluxeeditionofwhichthisiscopyVIofXXcopieswithasuiteof


Ihaveeverhad.oneofBlake’smostpopulartexts,withnumerousfamouslines.Bentley,Blake

Books,108. sold

149.America – a Prophecy. London:trianonPress,1963.Folio,18colorfacsimileleaves,8pagescommentary.quarterbluemorocco,slipcase.

»Limitedto480copies.Bentley,Blake Books,A9. $975.

150.A Study of the Illuminated Books of William Blake, Poet, Printer, Prophet.London:thetrianonPress,1964.4to,[103]pp.With32colorplates.originalquartermorocco,marbledboards,matchingslipcase.

»Limitedto525numberedcopiessignedbytheauthor.Afinecopy.theplatesareprintedinsix-

and8-coloroffsetonpaperespeciallymanufacturedtomatchthetintofthepaperusedbyBlake.

Bentley,Blake Books Supplement, page291issueB.Withtheprospectusandotherephemeraloosely

inserted. $200.

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.

»Editionlimitedto426copies,deluxeissuebeingcopyIXofXXcopieswithasuiteof


Ihaveeverhad.EventhetradeeditionisoneofthemoredifficulttrianonPressbookstofind.


153.Milton A Poem. London:trianonPress,1967.4to,50colorplates,13pp.ofprintedtextplustheextramaterials.originalfullbrownmorocco,slipcase.

»Limitedto426copies,thedeluxeissuebeingcopytof26copieswithasuiteofprogressive

statesofoneplate,anoriginalguide-sheetandstenciletc.thisistheonlydeluxecopyIhaveever

had.thesecond-longestandpenultimateofBlake’silluminatedbooks,exceptionallyrichwith

numerousfull-pageplates.Bentley,Blake Books,120. sold

[

154.Milton A Poem. London:trianonPress,1967.4to,50colorplates,13pp.ofprintedtext.originalquarterbrownmorocco,slipcase.Asnew.

»Limitedto426copies.thesecond-longestandpenultimateofBlake’silluminatedbooks,

exceptionallyrichwithnumerousfull-pageplates.Bentley,Blake Books, 120. $875.

155.The Songs of Innocence and of Experience. London:Ruperthart-Davis,[1967].8vo,155pp.,includingacompletecolorfacsimileoftheoriginal.originalbluecloth,dust-jack-et,verygood.

»tradeedition,printedin6-and8-coloroffsetwithfacingtranscriptandfollowingexplication,an

introductionbyGeoffreykeynesandapublisher’snotebyArnoldFawcus.Anexcellentfacsimile.


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.

»Limitedto726copies,withanintroductionbykeynes.thiscopyisno.133.VolumeIisan

introductoryvolume,followedbythetwovolumesofplates.Bentley,Blake Books,48. $300.

157.Europe a Prophecy. London:trianonPress,1969.Folio,17colorplates,9pp.ofcommen-tary,1monochromefacsimile.quarterbrownmoroccoandmarbledboards,slipcase.

»Limitedto526copies.FacsimilemadefromcopiesB&G,printedonArchespureragpaper,the

colorplatesrenderedbycollotypeandpochoir.Bentley,Blake Books,34. $595.

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.

»Limitedto800copies.thefacsimileofthenotebookwasprintedbythetrianonPress.thisis

the“small”notebookwhichwasbrokenupandsoldatauctionafewyearsago.Almostinvariably

thefacsimilevolumeissprung,withmanyleavescomingloose.thiscopy,thoughsprung,hasnot

yetsufferedlooseleaves.Bentley,Blake Books, 401:“includes36VisionaryDrawingsbyBlake”. $50.

159.All Religions are One. London:trianonPress,1970.4to,10facsimileleavesand5pp.ofcommentary.originalfullgreenmorocco,slipcase.

»Editiondeluxe,limitedto36copiesspeciallyboundwithextrasuitesoftheplates,ofanedition

inallof662copies.Bentley,Blake Books,5. $1250.

]

160.All Religions are One. London:trianonPress,1970.4to,10facsimileleavesand5pp.ofcommentary.originalquartergreenmorocco,marbledboardsandslipcase.Josephhol-landbookplate.Backstripquitefadedasoften.

»Limitedto662copies.Bentley,Blake Books,5. $200.

161.There is No Natural Religion. London:trianonPress,1971.2vols.,4toandsmall4to,with20colorplates.Fullbrownmorocco,slipcase,new.

»Editiondeluxe,limitedto50copieswithadditionalproofsheets,progressiveplates,original

stencil,etc.Bentley,Blake Books, 202. $1250.

162.There is No Natural Religion. London:trianonPress,1971.2vols.,4toandsmall4to,with20colorplates.quarterbrownmorocco,slipcase,asnew.

»Limitedto590copies.Bentley,Blake Books,202. $450.

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.

»Limitedto28copiessoinscribedandsignedbyGeoffreykeynes.thisisthedeluxeeditionof

thetradeversionoftheGrayissuedbythetrianonPressin1972using8-colorprinting.Although

thethree-volumefolioeditionisamagnificentpieceofbookmaking,thisversionismore

accessibleandeasiertouseandenjoy,andthequalityofthecolorprintingistrianonPressatits

best.Bentley,Blake Books, 385. $1250.

164.Water-Colour Designs For The Poems Of Thomas Gray. AFacsimilewithIntroduc-tionandCommentarybySirGeoffreykeynes.London:trianonPress,1972.Folio,with116colorfacsimileleavesreproducedbycollotypeandhand-stencilcolor,thetextofthepoemsreproducedfromcopper-platewith3additionalprintingstoreproduceBlake’spencilingsandthetoneofthepaper.originalsheets,marbledboards,moroccobackstripletteredingilt.

»Limitedto100copiesissuedunboundinportfolio,ofatotaleditionof320setsand36deluxe

copieswithextramaterial.Forexhibitionpurposesthisistheversiontohaveasthesheetsare

issuedsinglyandthustheentire116leaves(plustextandextramaterial)canbedisplayedatonce.

Inthis,oneofBlake’smostextravaganttours de force,hetookGray’spoemsasaspringboardfor

epicwatercolors.Mountingthetextonalargesheet,hepaintedallaroundthemarginssomeof

hismostpowerfulandstrikingdesigns.theillustrationstoapoemonthedeathofafavoritecat

drownedinagoldfishbowl,forexample,areaclassicexampleofhisvisionarypowerstranscending

theprosaic.thetrianonPressreproductionsarerecognizedasthefinestexamplesoftheart

[

offacsimilereproduction;workingfromtheoriginalsinPaulMellon’scollection,eachleafis

faithfullyhand-coloredthroughstencilstoachieveanastonishingexactitude.thetimesLiterary

Supplementstatedthatnothinglikethesebookshadeverbeenprintedbeforeandthatitwas

highlyunlikelythattheycouldbeprintedagain.Bentley,Blake Books, 385. $2750.

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.

»Limitedto220copiesthus;100copieswereissuedunboundinportfolio,and36deluxecopies

withextramaterial.Inthis,oneofBlake’smostextravaganttoursdeforce,hetookGray’spoemsas

aspringboardforepicwatercolors.Mountingthetextonalargesheet,hepaintedallaroundthe

marginssomeofhismostpowerfulandstrikingdesigns.theillustrationstoapoemonthedeath

ofafavoritecatdrownedinagoldfishbowl,forexample,areaclassicexampleofhisvisionarypowers

transcendingtheprosaic.thetrianonPressreproductionsarerecognizedasthefinestexamplesof

theartoffacsimilereproduction;workingfromtheoriginalsinPaulMellon’scollection,eachleafis

faithfullyhand-coloredthroughstencilstoachieveanastonishingexactitude.the Times Literary

Supplementstatedthatnothinglikethesebookshadeverbeenprintedbeforeandthatitwashighly

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.

»Limitedto32deluxecopieswithextramaterial,proofs,stenciletc.thisisthefacsimileofLord

Cunliffe’scopyandkerrisonPreston’sproofs;thecoloringdiffersmarkedlyfromtheStirlingcopy

alsopublishedinfacsimilebytrianon.Asnew.Bentley,Blake Books,A82. $2250.

]

169.Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion. London:trianonPress,1974.Folio,25colorplates,8proofs,andcommentaryattheend.originalquarterbrownmorocco,slipcase,bookplate.

»Limitedto500copies.thisisthefacsimileofLordCunliffe’scopyandkerrisonPreston’sproofs;

thecoloringdiffersmarkedlyfromtheStirlingcopyalsopublishedinfacsimilebytrianon.Asnew.

Bentley,Blake Books,A82. $575.

170.The Song of Los. London:trianonPress,1975.4to,8plates,8pp.commentarybykeyneswithanotherplate,and22additionalprogressiveproofplates,andwithametalpochoirstencilmountedattheend.Fullbrownmorocco,prospectusinserted,afinecopyinslipcase.

»oneof32Deluxecopieswiththeextraplatesshowingtheprogressivestagesofthecollotype

andhand-stencilprocess.thetotaleditionwaslimitedto432copies.oneoftherichestandmost

elaboratetrianons.Bentley,Blake Books,A137. $1950.

171.The Song of Los. London:trianonPress,1975.4to,8platesand10pp.ofcommentary.originalquarterbrownmorocco,marbledboardsandslipcase.

»Limitedto458copies.oneoftherichestandmostelaboratetrianons.Bentley,Blake Books,A137.

$750.

172.The Book of Los. London:trianonPress,1976.4to,5colorplatesandcommentary,andprogressivestatesoftheplates,andanoriginalcopperplateetc..Fullbrownmorocco,slip-case.Asnew.

»Copy#VIIofXXXIIdeluxecopies,inaneditionlimitedto512copiesinall.thecompanion

volumetothe Book of Ahania.onecopyofThe Book of Losisknown.Bentley,Blake Books,

supplementp.62. $1275.

173.The Book of Los. London:trianonPress,1976.4to,5colorplatesandcommentary.quar-terbrownmorocco,slipcase.

»Limitedto512copies.thecompanionvolumetotheBook of Ahania.onecopyofThe Book of

Losisknown.Bentley,Blake Books,supplementp.62. $475.

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.

»Editionlimitedto438numberedcopies,withillustrationsreproducedbythecollotypeprocess.

SeeBentley,Blake Books Supplement,p.81etc. $650.

175.The Complete Portraiture of William and Catherine Blake. trianonPress:1977.4to,155pp.,51plates.originalquarterbrownmorocco,slipcase.

[ 1

»Limitedto26copiesforthetrustees,ofatotaleditionof562copies.thedefinitiveworkonall

knownportraitsofMr.andMrs.Blake. $495.

176.Blake’s Illustrations of Dante. London:thetrianonPressfortheWilliamBlaketrust,1978.oblongfolio,originalhalfbrownmoroccofoldingcase,letteredingilt.Asnew.

»theeditionconsistsof440copiesprintedonLanaRagpaper,thiscopybeingno.XVIIof

thetopeditionof18(numberedI-XVIII)whichincludearecentrestrikeofoneoftheoriginal

copperplatesandanadditionalsetofthefacsimileengravingsaswellasmaterialshowingthe

stagesofthemakingofthefacsimile.thefirstaccuratereproductionofBlake’ssevenengravings

fortheDivine Comedy, firstissuedin1838.thisneweditionhasanintroductionandcommentary

byGeoffreykeynes;threefacsimilesofearlystates,andmonochromereproductionsofBlake’s

watercolordesignsfortheplates,andthesevenplatesinsuperbfacsimile.Bentley,Blake Books

Supplement, 208. $5500.

177.Blake’s Illustrations of Dante.London:trianonPress,1978.oblongfolio,quartermo-rocco,cloth,slipcase.Asnew.

»Limitedto376copies.thefirsttrulyaccuratefull-sizereproductionsofBlake’ssevenengravings

fortheDivine Comedy. thisneweditionhasanintroductionandcommentarybyGeoffreykeynes;

threefacsimilesofearlystates,andmonochromereproductionsofBlake’swatercolordesignsfor

theplates.Bentley,Blake Books Supplement, page208. $395.

178.Illustrations of the Book of Job. London:trianonPressfortheBlaketrust,1987.2hugemoroccobackedboxes,withinwhichareslipcases,withinwhicharethefascicles,infineconditionasissued,coupleoftinynicksandscratchestotheouterboxes.Withthepro-spectuses,inanenvelope.

»Copy#9ofaneditionlimitedto65horscommercecopiesreservedbytheWilliamBlaketrust,

of387setsinall(22deluxesetswithextramaterials,65setsnumbered1-65,50“library”sets

numberedi-lbeingalessexpensivelyboundversionforscholarsandlibraries,and250regular

setsnumbered1-250,identicaltotheeditionof65).thisversionwasissuedintwohugevolumes.

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,

andtheessay“theDevelopmentoftheJobDesigns”byGeoffreykeyneswhichisincludedalthough

keyneshaddiedbeforepublication.Forthoseinterestedintheprintedbook,thisistheessential

referenceandindeedtheonlyrecordofthevariousstatesoftheplates.BoLindberg’sarticledoes

notreprinthisscarcePh.D.thesisontheBook of Jobinitsentiretybutthevolumedoescollectthe

receivedwisdomofallthescholars(includingthefinalthoughtsofGeoffreykeynes,whodiedprior

topublication)whohavecontributedtoanunderstandingofBlake’smasterpiece.Part2,Colour

2 ]

Versions of William Blake’s Book of Job Designs from the Circle of John Linnell hascolorfacsimiles

oftheNewZealandset,theCollinsset,andtheFitzwilliamplates(notacompleteset),alongwith

avolumeofcommentarybyBoLindberg,editedbyDavidBindman.ArnoldFawcusdiedbefore

this,thefinalbookofthepress,wascompleted.Sincethen,theBlaketrusthasissuedonefurther

facsimile,the“Grave”watercolors,whichisnowoutofprint. $9500

179.William Blake’s Illuminated Books. AcompletesetofthesixvolumesasdescribedbelowPrinceton:theWilliamBlaketrust,[1991-1995].6vols.,large4to,originalcloth,dust-jackets,asissued.Fulldescriptionbelow.

»thesetconsistsof:Jerusalem: The Emanation of Giant Albion. EditedwithanIntroduction

andNotesbyMortonD.Paley.302pages,including105pagesofcolorplates.Brownclothin

pictorialdust-jacket.thefirstvolumeinthisseriesofBlake’silluminatedbooks.Jacketjusta

trifleworn;asnew.[with]Songs of Innocence and of Experience. EditedwithanIntroductionand

NotesbyAndrewLincoln.209pages,including57pagesofcolorplates.Brownclothinpictorial

dust-jacket.thesecondvolumeinthisseriesofBlake’silluminatedbooks.Jacketatrifleworn;as

new.[with]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. Editedwithan

IntroductionandNotesbyMorrisEaves,RobertN.Essick,JosephViscomi.286pages,including

100pagesofillustrations,mostincolor.Brownclothinpictorialdust-jacket.thethirdvolumein

thisseriesofBlake’silluminatedbooks.Jacketjustalittleworn;asnew.[with]The Continental

Prophecies. America: A Prophecy. Europe: A Prophecy. The Song of Los.EditedwithIntroductions

andNotesbyD.W.Dörrbecker.367pages,including77pagesofillustrations.Brownclothin

pictorialjacket.thefourthvolumeinthisseriesofBlake’silluminatedbooks.Asnew.[with]

Milton: A Poem and the First Illuminated Works: The Ghost of Abel, On Homers Poetry [and] On

Virgil, Laocoön. EditedwithIntroductionsandNotesbyRobertN.EssickandJosephViscomi.286

pages,including72pagesofillustrations.Brownclothinpictorialdust-jacket.thefifthvolumein

thisseriesofBlake’silluminatedbooks.Asnew.[with]The Urizen Books: The First Book of Urizen,

The Book of Ahania, The Book of Los.EditedwithIntroductionsandNotesbyDavidWorrall.231

pages,including57pagesofillustrations.Brownclothinpictorialdust-jacket.thesixthvolumein

thisseriesofBlake’silluminatedbooks.Jacketslightlyworn;afinecopy.Completesetsofthesix

volumesarenowoutofprint. $975.

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.

»thethirdvolumeinthisseriesofBlake’silluminatedbooks. $175.

[ 3

181.William Blake’s Illuminated Books. Milton: A Poem and the First Illuminated Works: The Ghost of Abel, On Homers Poetry[and] On Virgil, Laocoön. EditedwithIntroductionsandNotesbyRobertN.EssickandJosephViscomi.Princeton:theWilliamBlaketrust,1993.Large4to,286pages,including72pagesofillustrations,mostincolor.Brownclothinpictorialdust-jacket.

»thefifthvolumeinthisseriesofBlake’silluminatedbooks.Asnew. $175.

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.

»Deluxeedition,limitedto36copies.Boththedeluxeandtradeversionsofthiseditionarealready

outofprint.Fromtheannouncement:“thesewatercolordesigns,whichdisappearedfromthepublic

eyefrom1836-2001,cametolightinaGlasgowbookshop,andwere[later]offeredasanentity

toinstitutionsandcollectorsatapricewhich,asitturnedout,nonecouldafford,oratleast,was

preparedtopay.Eventually,inthefaceofmuchprotest,theportfolioandthe19designswereoffered

forsalein20separatelotsatSotheby’s,NewYork,in2006.thedrawingsarenowwidelydispersed

anditismostunlikelythattheywilleveragainbeseentogether.”thesalewasroundlycondemnedat

thetimeasanact

ofculturalcrime.

thisbookandthe

facsimileportfolio

arenowtheonly

recordwewillever

haveoftheoriginal

series.happily,the

Blaketrustcreated

asuperbbook,

whichisandwill

surelyremainthe

singlemostvaluable

referenceworkon

theseremarkable

Blakedrawings.

$5950.

no. 1

4 ]

O T H E R FAC s I M I L E s A n D R E P R O D U C T I O n s

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.

[

»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.

]

»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.

[

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.

]

»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.


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.

[

R E F E R E n C E B O O K s

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.

]

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

[ 1

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.

2 ]

»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.

[ 3

233.keynes,Geoffrey.William Blake’s Engravings. London:FaberandFaber,[1950].4to,30pp.oftext,118platesfollowedbytheVirgilwoodcutsandeightreliefetchingsfromtheSongs.originalfullgraycloth.

»FirsteditionofthisusefulreferenceworkwithselectedplatesfromallofBlake’smajorworks.


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.

4 ]

»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

[

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.

]

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.

[

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.

]

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.

[

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.

no. 244

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.

Copiesmaybeorderedfromusatthepublishedprice,$65,pluspostage.

Set in Miller & Bulmer types.

Printed on Mohawk paper.

Designed by Jerry Kelly.

Pictorial B

lake jo

hn

win

dl

e a

nt

iqu

ar

ian

bo

ok

se

ll

er

J O H n W I n D L E A n T I q UA R I A n B O O K s E L L E R

4 Geary street, suite 233 · san Francisco, CA 94108 UsAwww.johnwindle.com

a catalogue of original blake illustrations, along with ... · illustrations of the book of job...

Documents