William Blake Water-Color Drawings.

1957. Boston: Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1957.

8vo, (10), (50, including 33 illustrations of the holdings on display), pp. Neat ink notes on half title. Near fine in original colored wrappers.

§ “Nine drawings for Paradise Lost, accompanied by a verse for each one; Eight drawings for the masque, Comus, accompanied by stage directions and script; Seven drawings of characters from Shakespeare's plays; and Nine drawings by the visionary Blake to illuminate his prophecy on the Scriptures.” Nicely printed by Meriden Gravure. Bentley, BB, 414: “only cursorily described”. Item #108927

Price: $20.00

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