Dante. William Blake.

Blake’s Illustrations of Dante. Plate 6: “Circle of the Falsifiers, Dante and Virgil covering their noses”

1838. London: 1838 or ca. 1892.

Large folio, fine, clear uniform impression on India paper, mounted on wove paper, a bit foxed.

§ Bentley, Blake Books, 448D. Bindman, Complete Graphic Works of Blake, 647–653. Essick, “The Printings of William Blake’s Dante Engravings,” Blake: An Illustrated Quarterly, Fall 1990. Item #8929

Price: $6,500.00