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New York:: D. Appleton & Company,, 1903.. A New Edition.. publisher's red cloth with printed paper label on spine; t.e.g.. Some foxing; text block over-opened at a few places; spine label tanned; tight and sound.. 12mo,. This Issue is founded on the Edition published by R. H. Cromek in the year 1808.

New York:: James Miller, Publisher,, no date.. publisher's rust cloth lettered and stamped in gold, black and blind. . Slight dust-soiling and very slight use to cloth. . Folio,. Frontispiece; added engraved title page; and illustrations from Designed by William Blake. .

e. London: Bensley for Ackermann, 1813 [i.e. 1870]. 4to, plates only, without the Frontispiece, Death’s Door and The Soul’s Reunion with the Body, i.e. etched title, and 9 plates. As issued in the original pebbled brown cloth portfolio lettered in gilt, occasional foxing or oxidization, an adequate copy. Includes 22 newspaper clippings from the 10s, 20s, 30s and 40s, all related to Blake, a brochure for Cambridge University Press’s An Island in the Moon facsimile, a brochure for Scolar Press’s The Grave facsimile, and a few other articles. § Third quarto edition, printed from the same plates as the 1813 edition but actually issued by or for John Camden Hotten in 1870. Bentley, Blake Books, 435e.

Uncut text pages measuring 11 x 13 11/16 in. Though dated 1813 on the title page this (like most "1813" editions) is the 1870 John Camden Hotten edition with the double-swell title page line (see image). Worming through foot of gutter not affecting text; wear to fore-edge; corners bumped; foxing throughout, especially heavy to " "Death of the Strong Wicked Man." Quarter morocco over paper covered boards. See image and do not hesitate to request scans. ; Folio ; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

London: R. Ackermann, 1813. Original half brown morocco over pebbled boards, five raised bands, gilt title and decorated compartments, marbled endpapers, (14" x 11 1/2"). Dedication to the Queen by Blake, List of Subscribers (from 1808 issue), Advertisement signed Cromak, Remarks signed Fuseli, Biographical sketch of Robert Blair, Biographical sketch of Lewis Schiavonetti, Biographical sketch of Robert Hartley Cromek, Text of poem (37 pages), Of the Designs; Engraved Blake portrait, engraved titlepage of 1808, plus 11 full-page plates engraved by Schiavonetti after William Blake at rear. Some general exterior wear, bumped corners, and rubbing; typical light foxing, heaviest on Blake portrait and engraved title page, else internally clean. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of George Baird Stichill. Size: Folio. Leather. Very Good. Illus. by William Blake.

London, T. Bensley, 1808, 1808. FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 13-7/8" x 11-3/8", Frontispiece portrait, pictorial title page and 11 drawings by Blake, etched by Louis Schiavonetti, with the poem dedicated to the Queen by Blake, list of subscribers, and four-page prospectus for the Procession of Chaucer`s Pilgrims to Canterbury by Thomas Stothard at rear, complete. Bound in early 1/4 dark brown calf, ribbed gilt decorated spine, panels tooled in blind, gilt lettered green morocco spine label, stain to 4 plates at fore-edges not affecting images, overall still a GOOD copy.

R. Ackermann. London. 1813 (Circa 1870?). PORTFOLIO OF 13 PLATES. No text, as issued. (Paper size 14.9 x 11.3 inches. The portfolio is 15.5 x 12 inches). Portrait of Blake, by T. Phillips, RA; Engraved title page (dated 1808) and 11 plates, all stating Ackermann as publisher, dated 1813 and engraved by Louis Schiavonetti, after Blake's designs. The pages have a little bumping to the edges but well away form the engraved area. Plates a little dusty and toned but the impressions are good. The original portfolio is brown Morocco grained cloth with elaborate blind tooled designs to both boards. Gilt lettering to the front board. Only one small piece of one silk tie remaining. Yellow coated endpapers. 3 small clippings from bookseller catalogues, each listing copies of the Blair/Blake book, tipped in to the front pastedown endpaper. Some minor rubbing and bumping to the cloth but the gilt is still very bright and the cloth clean. Overall a very good example of this rare edition. ----- "When Gilchrist's… Read More

Very good complete copy of the true second edition of a masterpiece of book illustration by William Blake, 1813.Engraved portrait frontispiece of William Blake by Luigi Schiavonetti after the portrait by Thomas PhillipsWith 12 beautiful designs by William Blake: vignette on engraved title page and 11 full-page plates, engraved by Luigi Schiavonetti.The Skeleton Re-animated (IX, on title page)Christ descending into the Grave (I)Death of the Strong Wicked Man (IV)The Soul hovering over the Body reluctantly parting with Life (VI)The Soul exploring the recesses of the Grave (VII)The Descent of Man into the Vale of Death (II)The Counseller, King, Warrior, Mother and Child in the Tomb (VIII)The Day of Judgment (XII)The Death of the Good Old Man (V)The Meeting of the Family in Heaven (XI)The Reunion of the Soul and the Body (X)Death's Door (III)Signed in manuscript on the half-title by American writer and editor "Horace E. Scudder May 1864"1-page dedication to the Queen by William Blake, 8-page list of… Read More

London: T. Bensley for R. H. Cromek, 1808. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. William Blake. 1st edition, quarto, (xiv), 36, [4]. of Blake's illustrations for Blair's 1743 poem. Portrait frontispiece after Phillips, etched title page, 11 plates by Luigi Schiavonetti engraved after Blake's designs. One of about 590 copies published by subscription. Some foxing, particularly concentrated at the portrait and etched title page, else very good in 20th century ¾ calf and marbled boards. In October 1805, Blake was commissioned by the publisher Cromek to prepare 40 drawings for the poem. Disagreements between Blake and Comek about the artistic direction led to hiring Schiavonetti for the engraving. Bentley, Blake Books, 435B. Bindman, Complete Graphic Works of Blake, 465-476. Keynes 81. Ray 6.

London: Printed by T. Bensley for R. H. Cromek, 1808. First edition. Near Fine. Quarto (pages 275 x 340mm): [xvi], 36, [4, prospectus]; complete with the engraved frontis of Blake, engraved title page and eleven other plates engraved by Louis Schiavonetti after illustrations by William Blake. Handsomely bound in early 20th century full calf with rules stamped in black and a blue morocco spine label. Illustrated title trimmed a little tightly, no loss to the illustration. A clean and attractive copy internally with all plates retaining their tissue guards. With the armorial bookplate of C. E. Richardson, motto: virtute aquiritus honos. Housed in a custom slipcase. A blank verse poem, The Grave was the work for which Scottish writer Robert Blair was most renowned. "In October 1805, William Blake was commissioned by the engraver and would-be publisher Robert H. Cromek to prepare forty drawings illustrating the popular "graveyard" school poem first published in 1743. In Cromek's first prospectus of… Read More

4to. London: Bensley for Cromek, 1808. 4to, xiv, 36, (4) pp. With a portrait frontispiece after Phillips, etched title page, and 11 plates engraved by Luigi Schiavonetti after Blake’s designs. Original drab gray boards, printed paper label on upper cover, preserved in a red cloth box (worn). The finest copy we have ever seen. § First quarto edition, of exceptional rarity in boards as issued. A completely untrimmed copy, thus with the title-page uncropped. Bentley, BB, 435B. Bindman, Complete Graphic Works of Blake, 465-476. “In October 1805, Blake was commissioned by the engraver and would-be publisher Robert H. Cromek to prepare forty drawings illustrating Robert Blair’s The Grave, a popular “Graveyard” school poem first published in 1743. Cromek planned to select twenty of these designs for a deluxe edition of the poem. In Cromek’s first prospectus of November 1805, Blake is named as both the designer and engraver of fifteen designs. Blake etched one image, Death’s Door, in… Read More