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BLAKE, William (1757-1827). Songs of Innocence. L: The Trianon Press for The William Blake Trust, 1954. LIMITED EDITION. [With:] BLAKE. Songs of Innocence and of Experience. L: The Trianon Press, 1955. LIMITED EDITION.
8vo. 31 collotype plates in brown with hand-colored stenciling. Publisher's orange morocco gilt (spine sunned); original slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 492 of 800 copies for distribution in the United Kingdom of a total edition of 1600 copies. Reproductions were made from Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald's copy, believed to be one of the earliest colored and issued by the artist.
[With:] BLAKE, William (1757-1827). Songs of Innocence and of Experience. London: The Trianon Press for The William Blake Trust, 1955. 8vo. 54 collotype plates printed successively in red-brown, black and gold and with hand-colored stenciling. Publisher's teal morocco gilt (spine sunned); original slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 337 of 240 copies for distribution in the United States by Philip C. Duschnes of a total edition of 1600 copies. Reproductions were made from Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald's copy, one of only 20 known copies.