“The Descent of Man into the Vale of Death”: in The Grave.
1813. London: R. Ackermann, 1813. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, recently cleaned. § From the second 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435D. More
1813. London: R. Ackermann, 1813. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, recently cleaned. § From the second 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435D. More
1813. London: Ackermann, 1813. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, recently cleaned. § From the second 4to edition, this is one of the most famous plates in the series. Bentley, Blake Books, 435D. More
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, cleaned and in fine condition. § From the first 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435b. More
1813. London: Ackermann, 1813. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, recently cleaned. § From the second 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435D. More
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, margins slightly soiled and worn, image clean. Framed. § From the first 4to edition. Designed by Blake and engraved by Luigi Schiavonetti (to Blake's indignation). A glorious image. Bentley, Blake Books, 435b. More
1813. London: Ackermann, 1813. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, recently cleaned. § From the second 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435D. More
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, margins slightly soiled and worn, image clean. § From the first 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435 A. More
1813. London: Ackermann, 1813. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, recently cleaned. § From the second 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435D. More
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, cleaned and in fine condition. § From the first 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435b. More
1808. London: Cromek, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, full margin including the note "Subscriber's copy" at the very bottom (often trimmed off). § From the first quarto edition, this is one of the most powerful plates in the series. Bentley, Blake Books, 435b. More
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, cleaned and in fine condition. § From the first 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435b. More
1821. London: 1821. 2 vols., small 8vo, xii (-vii/viii), 12, xxiv (-i/iv), 214 pp; [I], [215]-592 pp. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume, and 230 illustrations including 17 woodcuts and 6 engraved plates by Blake, and four other designs by Blake engraved by others. Retrospective early 19th century full..... More
1821. London: 1821. 2 vols., small 8vo, xii (-vii/viii), 12, xxiv (-i/iv), 214; [I], [215]-592 pp. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume, and 230 illustrations including 17 woodcuts and 6 engraved plates by Blake, and four other designs by Blake engraved by others. Original full rose sheep, backstrips lettered..... More
1804. London: Cadell & Davies, 1804. 4to, xx, 394pp., [2pp. adverts], 9 engraved plates and maps, 7 folding, plate list on p.394. One folding plate backed with modern paper. Some browning and foxing but not offensive, generally a very good complete copy in contemporary calf rebacked, lettered in gilt, a...... More
1835. London: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, MDCCCXXXV [1835]. 8vo, (xii), (1)-216 pp. Uncut in the original drab paper boards, white paper label. 1.5cm chip from head of backstrip and a small section rubbed white at foot, label soiled but just legible, boards clean, a few light spots to the first..... More
1939. London: George C Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1939. 8vo. Color frontispiece, title page vignette and 14 black and white illustrations (4 full page). Illustrated paper boards. § A perfect marriage of a classic tale with Rackham's beautiful and slightly grotesque illustrations. More
1607. [circa 1607-1637]. Folio 14 1/2 x 12 3/4”, hand-colored engraving 10 1/2 x 12 1/2”. Edges and outer margins chipped and slightly darkened, repaired; good. § Early edition, probably for Camden’s Britannia, in Latin. An accurate, illustrative map of Brecknock Shire in South Wales. More
1820. No place (but London?): no date (ca. 1820?). 2 pp., small 4to, written in brown ink on one side and addressed on the other with a watercolor drawing by Cruikshank. § A tantalizing letter: addressed only to “Mr. Cumberland,” it is tempting to hope it might be George Cumberland..... More
1987. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1987. 8vo, xiii, 449pp. Full cloth with white lettering. Printed dust-jacket. Very good. § First edition. More
1972. Normal, Illinois: The American Blake Foundation, 1972. 4to, xv, 55 pp, with XI plates comprising 63 pages of monochrome illustrations of engravings at various states. Good in original illustrated wrappers, with a pale brown water or tea stain ( 8 x a max of 3 cm in size), to..... More
1972. Normal, Illinois: The American Blake Foundation, 1972. 4to, xv, 55 pp, with XI plates comprising 63 pages of monochrome illustrations of engravings at various states. Good in original illustrated wrappers. § Vol. 1 (of two), complete in itself and covering only book illustrations both designed and engraved by Blake..... More
1972. Normal, Illinois: The American Blake Foundation, 1972. 4to, xv, 55 pp, with XI plates comprising 63 pages of monochrome illustrations of engravings at various states. Good in original illustrated wrappers. § Vol. 1 (of two), complete in itself and covering only book illustrations both designed and engraved by Blake..... More
1853. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co,, [circa 1853-55]. 9 x 12 1/4” engraving, with title information printed to lower margin. Mounted, minor foxing outside of plate margins to edges; very good. § Illustration from Information Respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States. Part..... More
1977. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1977. Large 4to, xxxii plus 75 full-page plates and 6 other illustrations. Silver illustrated wraps with curling to edges. Bumping to corners. Inscribed to the American Blake Foundation from “Bob and Jenijoy” on title page. Very good. § Bentley, BBS, p.215: “useful introduction... slightly..... More
1973. London: OUP, 1973. 8vo, pp.50-59. With 6 illustrations. Original gray wrappers, stapled. § Offprint from William Blake: Essays in Honour of Geoffrey Keynes. Edited by Morton Paley and Michael Phillips. Bentley, Blake Books Supplement, p. 598. More