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)
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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
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
Access and usage
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