1802. Chichester. Printed by J. Seagrave, and sold by him and P. Humphry (et al.) for W. Blake, 1802. Frontispiece, 250 x 174 (sheet), 175 x 160 (platemark) mm, printed in black on wove paper. Recently cleaned, trimmed close to the right plate mark but not touching it, other margins... More about Adam and the Beasts
Sheet 10.2 x 12.8 cm., image and plate mark as per Essick (3.1 x 7.8 cm., and 3.3 x 8.1 cm. respectively). Printed in pale brown on a small 8vo sheet. Delicately printed, with three tiny ink spots within the margins, in very fine condition. § Blake’s last engraving, executed... More about “Calling Card” (sometimes called a bookplate) for George Cumberland
1827. [London: William Blake, 1827]. Printed in black ink on thick card. Very finely printed, in good condition though trimmed very close to the image at the left and right edges, once pasted down and thus with traces of mounting on the verso and pencil notes from an earlier collector... More about “Calling Card” (sometimes called a bookplate) for George Cumberland
5188. [London: Colnaghi printing, after 5 March 1881]. Impression measures 93.9 x 30 cm., printed on laid India paper; recently cleaned. § Final state: it is worth noting that the only difference between the so-called fourth and fifth states is the absence of the scratched dry-point inscriptions clearly visible in... More about Chaucers Canterbury Pilgrims Painted in Fresco by William Blake & by him Engraved &...
1940. [London: Sessler printing, c.1940's]. Impression measures 93.9 x 30 cm., an excellent impression, in deep, rich black ink on wove paper, watermarked FRANCE, lower right, watermark partially trimmed; recently cleaned. § Final state, lacking the drypoint inscriptions added in the fourth state. it is worth noting that the... More about Chaucers Canterbury Pilgrims Painted in Fresco by William Blake & by him Engraved &...
1791. London: Johnson, 1791. Single sheet copperplate engraving, frontispiece, 250 x 170 mm. Cleaned but still a little soiled, paper rubbed between title and imprint with no loss, signs of four folds. § Hartley’s Observations on Man, 1791 has this frontispiece engraved by Blake -- it was also issued as... More about David Hartley, M.A. From a Painting by Shackelton
1796. London: by S. Gosnell for William Miller, 1796. Frontispiece only, 8 x 6.5 in. Trimmed to the image so losing the text below, but retaining the imprint at the foot “Blake inv. Perry sc.” One or two light spots of foxing, generally very good. § Frontispiece only. Blake’s illustrations... More about Frontispiece, “Lenore, clasping her spectral bridegroom,” to Leonora. A Tale, Translated and...
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1788. London: J.R. Smith, 1788. 2 prints, images 21 x 26 cms., with full margins and imprints. Well printed in brown ink, cleaned and titles mounted below the prints, in very good condition. § Second state of The Idle Laundress, third state of Industrious Cottager, good impressions. These two prints... More about The Idle Laundress. [with] Industrious Cottager. Painted by G. Morland. Engraved by W. Blake
1882. London: March 8, 1825 (but published 1826). Proof on India paper mounted on handmade paper, some leaves watermarked J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1825. A fine impression. Matted. § Single plate from the first edition, one of 150 proof sets on India paper. Bentley, Blake Books, 421A. Bindman, Complete Graphic Works of Blake, 625–641C. More about Illustrations of the Book of Job. Plate 9: “Then a Spirit passed before my face”
Printed for & sold by the Widow Spicer of Folkstone for the Benefit of her Orphans. [n.d.] 55.9 x 22.9 cm., single sheet folded once, with some traces of mounting tape on the vertical margin, some creases but very good. § The very fine William Muir facsimile, often mistaken in... More about Little Tom the Sailor
1783. London: Printed for the Author; Sold by T. Bathurst, Payne and Son..., 1783. Single sheet, a bit soiled, the volume and page numbers at the top rubbed away. § Blake’s engraving is after a drawing by Stothard depicting the furious Orlando brandishing a huge tree. Essick notes: “In a...... More about Orlando Furioso (the single plate by Blake
1793. London: John Stockdale, 1793. 8vo, (9) single leaves on wove paper, some soling and foxing, images clean, as follows: (1) The Tame Stag; (1) The Pin and the Needle; (1) The Goat Without a Beard; (1) The Butterfly and the Snail; (1) The Persian, The Sun, and the Cloud;... More about Set of (9) Blake Prints from Fables by John Gay
1927. London: Quaritch for William Muir, 1927. A single hand-coloured specimen proof copy of the frontispiece for Muir's 1927 facsimile, prepared from the Beaconsfield original. § A unique proof inscribed by Muir: “This a specimen page (not to be sold) of the Centenary (of Blake’s death) Edition of the Songs... More about Songs of Innocence (and) Songs of Experience: Proof Copy of the Frontispiece
1784. London: Harrison and Co., 1784. Engraved by Blake after Stothard. A very good impression, clean and stong: trimmed to the plate, and mounted. § First state, very rare as a separate plate and especially so in the first state. A clean strong impression. Essick, Commercial Book Illustrations, XVI, plate 1A. More about The Wit’s Magazine. Plate 1: The Temple of Mirth
1784. London: Harrison and Co., 1784. Engraved by Blake after Collings. Full margins, folded as usual. A little soiled, but a good strong impression. § Bentley, BB, 513, Essick, William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations, XIV, pp 36-38. More about The Wit’s Magazine. Plate 3: “The Discomfited Duellists.”
1798. London: J. Johnson, 1798. All 4 full-page copperplate engravings after Fuseli signed by Blake as the engraver. Matted, good impressions of the plates, complete with the imprints untrimmed. § One of Blake’s scarcer works, seldom seen in the trade or at auction; there was also a volume on English... More about A New and Improved Roman History… The Second Edition embellished with four copper plates
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, margins slightly soiled, image clean. § From the first 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435 A. More about “Christ descending into the Grave”: in The Grave
1813. London: Ackermann, 1813. Single plate, folio, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, good. § From the second folio edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435. More about “Christ descending into the Grave”: p. 1 from The Grave
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, trimmed to the image, recently cleaned. § From the first 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435 A. More about “The Counseller, King, Warrior, Mother & Child, in the tomb”: in The Grave
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, trimmed to the image. § From the first 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435 A. More about “The Counseller, King, Warrior, Mother & Child, in the tomb”: in The Grave
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, margins slightly soiled, image clean. § From the first 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435 A. More about “The Day of Judgment”: in The Grave
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, this is one of the best known plates in the series. Bentley, Blake Books, 435 A. More about “The Death of the Strong Wicked Man”: in The Grave
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 about “The Descent of Man into the Vale of Death”: in The Grave
1808. London: Cromek, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, margins slightly soiled and worn, image clean. § From the first 4to edition, this is one of the most famous plates in the series. Bentley, Blake Books, 435 A. More about “The Grave, a Poem”: title-page to The Grave
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 about “The Meeting of a Family in Heaven”: in The Grave
