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William Blake's illustrations of the book of Job : the engravings and related material with essays, catalogue of states and printings, commentary on the plates and documentary record (plates)

Archive Print Item: Blake Collection 1/q

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Type of record: Book

Title: William Blake's illustrations of the book of Job : the engravings and related material with essays, catalogue of states and printings, commentary on the plates and documentary record (plates)

Other titles: Illustrations of the Book of Job

Level: Item

Classmark: Blake Collection 1/q

Creator(s): Blake, William (1757-1827)

Additional creator(s): Bindman, David (1940-) (Other); Lindberg, Bo (1946-) (Other)

Related people: Blake, William, 1757-1827; Bindman, David; Lindberg, Bo

Publisher: William Blake Trust

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1987

Language: English

Size and medium: 1 double slipcase

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/224310

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991012067519705181

Collection group(s): English Literature

Description

The slipcase contains a text volume (147 p.; 40 cm.) and reproductions of the engravings with related material in a folder inside a separate case (43 cm.).


"The plates: 22 fascicules containing the title page and 21 plates of Blake's engraved Illustrations of the book of Job in facsimile of the proof copy lately in the collection of Sir Geoffrey Keynes. Each fascicule also contains reproductions of related material together with a plate-by-plate commentary by Bo Lindberg. The fascicules are preceded by an introduction by Bo Lindberg"--End of table of contents.


Blake published the original engravings in 1826 (t.p. dated 1825) under title: Illustrations of the book of Job.


"This publication... is limited to 387 copies. 22 copies lettered A-V contain additional material and are specially bound. 250 copies numbered 1-250. 50 copies numbered i-l. 65 copies numbered I-LXV are reserved by the William Blake Trust"--Verso of t.p.


Text vol. includes bibliography and index of the documentary record.

Additional description

No. 167 of an edition of 387 copies

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