Blake, William, attrib.

To the Nightingale. With a Statement by Sir Geoffrey Keynes.

Isle of Ely: Waterside Press, 1981.

8vo, 7 leaves, 3 with letterpress, the remainder blank. Bookplate of L. Turner on front pastedown on which has been hand-noted "Given to me by Sir Geoffrey Keynes when I visited him at his house". Green card wrappers with printed label on upper cover. Very good.

§ No. 23 of 100 copies in all, signed and numbered by Geoffrey Keynes, who believed that the poem had originally been written by Blake for publication in Poetical Sketches. The attribution to Blake was made by Keynes in 1980, although it is not supported by some Blake scholars at present. Bentley, BBS, p140. Item #126642

Price: $125.00