1625. London: Printed by John Haviland for Hanna Barret, and Richard Whitaker, 1625. Sm. 4to, [12], 340 p. First leaf is blank. A (a) B-2V 2X . Original vellum, overlapping foredges, signs where the thongs were removed; backstrip lettered in ink. Title page with signature of Thomas Rode dated 1656..... More
1838. [London: for John Linnell, 1838]. 7 plates, oblong folio, printed on laid paper only (not on India), lightly cleaned, in fine condition. § First printing (subsequent to a few proofs possibly pulled by Blake himself) preceding the 1838 printing on laid india on wove paper. Essick states (Blake Quarterly..... More
1806. London: J, Johnson, 1806. 2 vols. 4to, xviii, 423, (4, index and plate list); iv, 419 ( 6, index and plate list) pp, with 40 hand-coloured plates in both vol I and vol II as called for plus hand-coloured title page to vol I and coloured vignette to both..... More
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
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
1885. Edmonton: William Muir, 1885. 2 vols. in one. 4to, 34; 30 leaves, hand-colored, with the original blue-gray wrappers as issued; copies No. 24 (Innocence) and 11 (Experience). Full dark red morocco, gilt top, gilt-lettered backstrip with gilt device at foot, bookplates of Thomas William Waller and Willis Vickery. Very..... More
6183. London: W. Pickering, Chancery Lane, and W. Newbery, 6, Chenies Street, Bedford Square, 1839. Small 8vo, xxi, (3), 74 pp. Original pebbled plum cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt (partly worn away as often), a very good copy in a variant original binding, slightly worn around the edges, upper..... More
1977. London: BM Publications Ltd., 1977. 8vo, introductory pamphlet and 17 woodcuts on special paper, each in an individual folder, all contained in a brown cloth folding box with black leather gilt-lettered labels on upper cover and backstrip. As issued in the original BM-issued numbered cardboard box; a few mounts..... More
1887. Edmonton: William Muir, 1887. Folio, 18 plates, richly colored by hand. Original wrappers, rebacked, top edge gilt, fine. § Muir facsimile limited to around 50 copies of which, according to Keynes in 1921 (see Bentley), only 6 were hand colored. This is copy #3, signed, priced and numbered by..... More
1887. Edmonton: William Muir, 1887. Folio, 17 plates, richly hand colored. Original printed wrappers dated September 1887, backstrip renewed, gilt top, fine. § Limited to fewer than 50 copies, this copy numbered #11 signed, priced and numbered by Muir. Based on three different copies. With the frontispiece “The Ancient of..... 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
1733. London: J. Osborn and T. Longman, 1733. Thick 8vo, xvi, 700, lx (index) pages. Original calf, final two leaves creased, lacking rear free end-paper. § William Blake’s copy, signed on the title-page “William Blake his Book” in brown ink. The signature corresponds almost exactly with the example reproduced..... More
1764. London: R. Richardson, 1764 [vols. 1 and 2] and G. Robinson, 1773 [vol. 3] and 1781 [vol. 4]. 4 vols. 4to, xxiii, 269, [6], 301, [20]; [iv], 195, [36], 120, 160, 32; [iv], 507, [26], 37; [6], 304, 218, [7] pp. With copper-engraved frontispiece portrait & 25 copper-engraved plates..... More
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1476. [Westminster: William Caxton, 1476-1477]. Single leaf [292 r/v], (242 x 163 mm), printed on both sides, with a single rubricated initial. Bull's Head watermark clearly visible in the center of the leaf when held against light. Not trimmed close to the text as our previous copy and virtually all..... More
1880. London: John Murray, 1880. 8vo, x, 592, 32 (ads dated May 1878) pp. Illustrated with 196 in-text woodcuts. Original green blind-stamped cloth, backstrip titled in gilt, brown coated endpapers, hinges cracked, a little wear to crown and foot of backstrip, text block edges (but not pages) stained, an unsophisticated..... More
1839. London: Henry Colburn, 1839. 3 vols. in 4 (vol. 2 having a separate appendix), 8vo, xxviii, [iv], [1]-559, 556-597 pp. with 17 engraved plates and 3 folding maps; xiv, [2] [1]-694, [2] pp. with 25 engraved plates and 2 folding maps; viii, 352 pp. with 6 engraved plates and..... More
1849. London: Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars, [May, 1849 - November 1850]. 8vo, 20 monthly parts in 19 as issued, 32, [1]-32, 4; 12, 33-64, 12; 12, 65-96, 4; 8 97-128; 4, 129-160; 8, 161-192, 8; 8, 193-224, 8; [14], 225-256; 12, 257-288, [22]; 12, 289-320, 8; 8, 321-352; 8, 353-384..... More
1859. London: Chapman & Hall, MDCCCLIX (1859). 8vo, [ix], [1]-254, 16 etched plates including frontis and title vignette. Full olive green fine-diaper cloth, entirely stamped in blind with a three line border which encloses a rectangular frame within which is is an ornament of leaves and stems in each corner..... More
1847. London: William Pickering, 1847. Small 4to, xxix, 268 pp., color diagrams throughout printed in red, blue, yellow, and black; wood-engraved initials. Early half black calf, gilt backstrip, red label, marbled boards, a very good copy beautifully cleaned and restored by Court Benson. § First edition of Byrne’s work on..... More
1588. Rome: Bartolomeo Grassi [colophon: apud Iacobus Ruffinellum], 1588. 4to in 8s (246 x 176 mm). Engraved title, dedication and 17 plates, numerous engraved vignettes, woodcut initials and head-pieces. Recently bound in old vellum with ties, unobtrusive stain in top margin throughout not intruding into the text or images. §..... More
1934. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1934. 8vo., [viii], [1]-408 pp., title-vignette, headpieces and tailpieces. Original blue-green cloth lettered in gilt on the backstrip, original pictorial dust jacket. A very good copy, dust jacket with a few small chips at edges and flap folds, backstrip very slightly faded, otherwise clean..... More
1929. Bristol: Douglas Cleverdon, 1929. 4to, (xii), 49, (5) pp. Frontispiece and 103 plates showing 147 engravings. Original black cloth, gilt vignette to upper cover, hinges cracked but the covers still firmly attached by the ties. In a new quarter calf folding box. § Limited to 400 copies from a...... More
1929. Bristol: Douglas Cleverdon, 1929. 4to, (xii), 49, (5) pp. With an extra suite of the engravings on Japon, wood-engraved self-portrait and 103 plates, a few printed in red or red and black, additional plates loose as issued in pocket at end. Original de luxe binding of quarter vellum. A...... More
