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
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
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
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
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
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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
8182. London: March 8, 1828 (i.e 1825 but published 1826). Single leaf, recently cleaned. § First edition, one of 100 sets printed directly onto Whatman wove with the word “proof” removed. Bentley, Blake Books, 421A. Bindman, Complete Graphic Works of Blake, 625–641C. More
8182. London: March 8, 1828 (i.e 1825 but published 1826). Single leaf, recently cleaned. § First edition, one of 100 sets printed directly onto Whatman wove with the word “proof” removed. Bentley, Blake Books, 421A. Bindman, Complete Graphic Works of Blake, 625–641C. More
8182. London: March 8, 1828 (i.e 1825 but published 1826). Single leaf, recently cleaned. § First edition, one of 100 sets printed directly onto Whatman wove with the word “proof” removed. Bentley, Blake Books, 421A. Bindman, Complete Graphic Works of Blake, 625–641C. More
London: March 8, 1828 (i.e 1825 but published 1826). Single leaf, recently cleaned. § First edition, one of 100 sets printed directly onto Whatman wove with the word “proof” removed. Bentley, Blake Books, 421A. Bindman, Complete Graphic Works of Blake, 625–641C. More
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..... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
1813. London: Ackermann, 1813. Single plate, folio, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, good. § From the second folio edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
