WILLIAM BLAKE; Robin Hamlyn and Michael Phillips / Introductory Essays by Peter Ackroyd and Marilyn Butler
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 2000. William Blake Glossy B&W plates / June 2019. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto (12" x 9 1/2" x 1 1/4"), gray cloth with gold lettering on spine,profusely illustrated with 250 images of William Blake's art (240 in full color) with small frontispiece portait of WB in color by Thomas Phillips, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with Blake's "Angel of Revelation" & jacket back with his "Dante & VIrgil," maroon endpapers, 304 pages. Weight: 4 lbs. 1 oz. As New / As New. Item #6030
ISBN: 9780810957107
A very well illustrated reference with commentary on Blake's works. Catalogue for an important Blake exhibition at the Tate and then The Met.
William Blake (1757 – 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age.
Condition: As New: Tight, very clean copies in a brilliant dust jacket (unclipped). Bright plates without foxing. No remainder marks. (Bentley, Blake Books).
Price: $75.00