The Life of William Blake.
1927. London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927.
Royal 8vo, xvi, 398, (4) pp. With a frontispiece and 24 plates. Original quarter parchment, very good.
§ No. 605 of 1480 copies, beautifully printed and illustrated. Bentley, BB, 2981 A: “scrupulously use[d] contemporary accounts of Blake which had not appeared in print before. This is a very full, accurate, and reliable work, and is sometimes called the ‘standard’ biography of Blake.” Often found as a companion volume to the 3-volume edition of the Works from the Nonesuch Press. Later editions, though edited and revised, omit most of the illustrations. Item #122711
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