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Lot 147

BLAKE, William (1757-1827). Jerusalem: A Facsimile of the Illuminated Book. L: The Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, [1951]. LIMITED EDITION. [With:] BLAKE. Illustrations to the Bible. L: Trianon Press, 1957. LIMITED EDITION.

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BLAKE, William (1757-1827). Jerusalem: A Facsimile of the Illuminated Book. London: The Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, [1951].


4to. 100 collotype plates in orange with hand-colored stenciling. Publisher's navy cloth gilt (some light soiling); original folding drop-front box. LIMITED EDITION, number 321 of 516 copies, one of 250 for distribution in the United States by Philip C. Duschnes. Reproductions of Jerusalem, Blake's last great epic poem, were made from Colonel William Stirling's copy, the only known illuminated copy.

[With:] BLAKE, William (1757-1827). Illustrations to the Bible. Geoffrey Keynes, compiler. London: Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, 1957. Folio. Chromolithographic frontispiece tipped-in, 8 color collotype plates (one with hand-stenciling), numerous monochrome collotype illustrations. (Lower right corner of frontispiece torn away and affecting image but retained). Original brown morocco-backed marbled boards gilt (some minor staining, slight wear to extremities with lower corners bumped, spine tail slightly pushed). LIMITED EDITION, number 85 of 230 copies for distribution in the United Kingdom of a total edition of 506 copies.

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