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Verlag: Macmillan, London, 1863
Anbieter: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio, ABAA, Tuxedo, NY, USA
Erstausgabe
First edition. 24 cm; 2 volumes. [i-v], vi-xv, [1]-389; [i-v], vi-vii, [1-3] 4-268 pages, and 66 plates including the "Job" engravings and 16 plates from electrotypes of the copperplates of "Songs of Innocence and of Experience." Text illustrations. Folding plate of Canterbury pilgrims in volume 2. Bound in roughly contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards, with gilt-tooled compartments on spine, with original gilt-stamped morocco covers laid down on front pastedowns in both volumes. Binding somewhat worn at joints and edges, but this is a sound copy, internally without blemish. Reference: Bentley, Blake Books, 1234A. Bentley said it better than we can: "Never has an important literary reputation been posthumously established so effectively, instantaneously, and forcefully. Gilchrist's title, 'Pictor Ignotus,' had not been mere showmanship. Blake had been unknown, and Gilchrist made him sensationally well-known. From 1863 on, Blake took an unchallenged place in literary and artistic history as one of the great figures of the Romantic Movement. Gilchrist's biography is still, in many respects, the best biography of Blake" (pp. 12-13).
Verlag: Macmillan and Co., London., 1863
Anbieter: Sims Reed Ltd ABA ILAB, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Magazin / Zeitschrift Erstausgabe
2 vols. 8vo. (160 x 235 mm). pp. xvi, 390; viii, 268. The many illustrations include reproductions of the Book of Job (22 plates). The 16 plates Songs of Innocence of Experience and 3 from Thornton's Virgil are taken from the original plates and woodblocks. Full nineteenth century calf Root with his signature gilt, baords and spine with decorative tooling in gilt, neatly re-backed with original backstrips laid down, the original publisher's decorated cloth front covers bound in, t.e.g. A fine extra-illustrated example of the first edition of the first important life of Blake. After Gilchrist died in 1861 the final section of the work was written by Dante Gabriel Rossetti from notes left by Gilchrist. The additional 54 plates include some of Blake's commercial prints (26 prints), portraits mainly of writers and artists, and a small number of topographical plates including an etching titled in pencil 'Blake's Cottage at Feltham by Gilchrist'. The 26 plates by Blake are: Portrait of Democritus from Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy. Fertilisation of Egypt from Erasmus Darwin's The Botanic Garden. A Family of New South Wales from J. Hunter's Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, 1793. May Day in London from The Wit's Magazine. May 1784. 4 plates from Charles Allen's A New and Improved History of England. 1797. 14 plates from C G Salzmann's Elements of Morality. 4 plates from W. Hayley's The Triumph of Temper.
Verlag: Macmillan, London, 1880
Anbieter: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, USA
Second Edition. A New and Enlarged Edition Illustrated from Blake's Own Works, with additional Letters and a Memoir of the Author. Plates, Portraits and Facsimiles. xxi, [2], [1]-431; ix, [4], [1]-383 pp. Printed by R. Clay. 2 vols. 8vo. THE H. BUXTON FORMAN COPY. The original prints - three from the woodblocks for Virgil's Pastoral (in this second edition printed on India paper and thus preferable to the prints in the first edition of Gilchrist, 1863) and 17 from electrotypes made from the original copperplates of the Songs of Innocence and of Experience. One of the highspots of Victorian decorated bindings. G.E.Bentley, Blake Book, 1680B; H. Buxton Forman 59 Original gilt-stamped pictorial blue cloth, both volumes fine. The Henry Buxton Forman copy, with his bookplate Plates, Portraits and Facsimiles. xxi, [2], [1]-431; ix, [4], [1]-383 pp. Printed by R. Clay. 2 vols. 8vo Second Edition. A New and Enlarged Edition Illustrated from Blake's Own Works, with additional Letters and a Memoir of the Author.
Verlag: Macmillan and Co, London, 1880
Anbieter: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, USA
Hardcover. Octavo; 2 volumes; G; Hardcover; Spine, black with gold print; Boards in black cloth with gold print and illustration, rebound with original illustrated cloth affixed to new cloth boards, spines lightly toned with creases or chipping evident from original binding, mild bumps to fore corners, else mild rubbing, shelfwear; Text blocks have deckle edges, some tanning or foxing to plates from tissue protectors, uncut pages, occasional light foxing; "Life and works of William Blake"-- cover title; CONTENTS: Vol. 1 Life of William Blake (xxi, 431 pages, frontispiece, illustrated with unnumbered leaves of b&w or brown and white plates) - Vol. 2. Selections / edited by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (ix, 383 pages, frontispiece, illustrated with unnumbered leaves of b&w or brown and white plates). Oversized order. Additional shipping and handling may be necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restriction(s). Contact seller if you have any questions. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, in wraparound bookcase next to 15's. 1354576. FP New Rockville Stock.