The illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil
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Type of record: Book
Title: The illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil
Classmark: Blake Collection 1
Creator(s): Blake, William (1757-1827)
Additional creator(s): Philips, Ambrose (1674-1749) (Other)
Related people: Thornton, Robert John, 1768?-1837?; Philips, Ambrose
Publisher: The Nonesuch Press
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1937
Language: English
Size and medium: 38, [14] p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/224311
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991012067569705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
"This edition, printed at the Curwen press, is limited to one thousand copies."
Folder in pocket at end contains 18 prints "taken direct from electrotypes of the wood-blocks," for comparison with the "photographic process reproductions of the blocks in their original state printed at the end of the text."
Contents: The first Eclogue of Virgil.--Ambrose Philips's imitation of Eclogue I with Blake's illustrations.--Proofs of eight of Blake's blocks in their original state.--Sixteen of Blake's pencil designs for the wood-engravings.
Additional description
No, 791 of an edition of 1000 copies. Only 17 plates in pocket at end
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