Life of William Blake, with Selections from his Poems and Other Writings
London: Macmillan and Co., 1880.
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. Bound in the publisher's dark green cloth boards ornately stamped in gilt. Complete in two volumes. Very Good+. Light wear to cloth with some rubbing through at joints and tips, light rubbing to gilt. Foxing and light offsetting to endsheets and preliminaries, contemporary ownership notation to both volumes and light toning to contents. The exceptional second edition of Blake's life and prose, a true apex of late Victorian decorated bindings. Item #140947503
Price: $1,500