Hayley william blake william illustrator (3 Ergebnisse)

Chichester: J. Seagrave, 1803-04. 3 vols., 4to, (10, table of contents), [iii]-xiii, [1]-413; (8), [1]-424; (2), [1-iii], iv-xxxi, 416, (4), (6), [1]-122, (24) pp. With 5 plates and an engraving in the text, one designed and engraved by Blake, the others engraved by Blake after other artists. Original polished brown half calf, marbled paper over boards. Backstrips of each volume with two black morocco labels lettered in gilt. Hinges and joints of vol. III just starting. Some spotting and foxing along edges of text blocks and within the text itself, sometimes within the image. Minor rubbing and wear at extremities. Armorial bookplate of the Corbollis family on front pastedown of each volume. Excellent, original copies in fantastic overall condition. § Second edition, final state of the "Weatherhouse" plate designed by Blake. Hayley's position as the most respectable and considerable literary figure who had known Cowper made him the inevitable choice to write the definitive work. Blake was living with his wife at Felpham and she helped him make and print the engravings for their old friend and patron Hayley, however "the plates for vols i-ii are much more clearly and darkly printed in the second edition (so indicated on the title pages) than the first. Perhaps many of the lines were cut more deeply when the plates were converted in their second states, but more careful inking and printing could account for the considerable tonal differences. One hesitates to blame Mrs. Blake for the poor impressions of the first states, but that may indeed be the case" (Essick, William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations, 86). Bentley, Blake Books, 468 A. Easson & Essick I, VII. …

First Edition. Chichester: Printed by J. Seagrave; for J. Johnson. 1803-1806. 4 vols. (including Supplementary Pages) in three, 4to, pp. [i-iii]-xii, not including (8) -- 'Contents,' bound after title-page, [1]-413; (8), [1]-422; (4), xxxi, [1]-416; (4), [1]-122, (24), with five plates and an engraving in the text by William Blake, second state of those in Vols. I and II (no second state for those in Vol. III), top cover of Vol. II with worm track, frontispiece to Vol. II slightly foxed, occasional browning in Vol. III and a worm track in the upper margin of the first few leaves, bound without half-titles, contemporary mottled calf, gilt borders to front and back covers, flat spines (not green) gilt in compartments with red lettering pieces in the second and fifth, a bit rubbed and worn, joints tender, the upper cover of Vol. III nearly detached; original blue silk bookmarks in all three vols., ownership inscription in each vol. of Charlotte Beatty, that in the third vol. dated 1805. Good. § First edition, and second state of the "Weatherhouse" plate, the only illustration in the book designed and engraved by Blake, of which only a few examples are known in the first state. This plate, here present in a very good impression with the imprint quite clear, is almost always in the second state; three or four copies are known in the first state. The other 5 plates are engraved by Blake after designs by others. Hayley's position as the most respectable and considerable literary figure who had known Cowper made him the inevitable choice to write the definitive work. Blake was living with his wife at Felpham and she helped him make and print the engravings for their old friend and patron Hayley. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper reads: "These three volumes were obtained from the family of the Rev. Wm Bull of Newport Pagnell, Friend of Cowper and Newton [see DNB]. Charlotte Beatty was the original owner of the books and she was a friend of this circle, and also well-known in that area, where alms houses were named in her honour." Keynes, Grolier, 124; Bentley 468A; Essick XLIV (note that the entry in Easson and Essick (IV) is totally superseded by Essick's new research in the Commercial Book Illustrations).…

Chichester: J. Seagrave, 1803-04. 3 vols., 4to, (2), xii, (8), 413; (4), 424; (6), xxxi, 416 pages. With 5 plates and an engraving in the text, one designed and engraved by Blake, the others engraved by Blake after other artists. Old diaper calf rebacked, new labels, a good set. § Second edition, final state of the "Weatherhouse" plate designed by Blake. Hayley's position as the most respectable and considerable literary figure who had known Cowper made him the inevitable choice to write the definitive work. Blake was living with his wife at Felpham and she helped him make and print the engravings for their old friend and patron Hayley. Bentley, Blake Books, 468 A. Easson & Essick I, VII. Bound in at the end is another book entitled: Cowper, Illustrated by a Series of Views, in, or near, The Park of Weston-Underwood, Bucks. London: 1803, published by Vernor and Hood and with an engraved title and 12 plates by Storer and Greig. This added text has nothing to do with Blake and only relates to William Cowper. …