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New York:: D. Appleton & Company,, 1903.. A New Edition.. publisher's red cloth with printed paper label on spine; t.e.g.. Some foxing; text block over-opened at a few places; spine label tanned; tight and sound.. 12mo,. This Issue is founded on the Edition published by R. H. Cromek in the year 1808.

e. London: Bensley for Ackermann, 1813 [i.e. 1870]. 4to, plates only, without the Frontispiece, Death’s Door and The Soul’s Reunion with the Body, i.e. etched title, and 9 plates. As issued in the original pebbled brown cloth portfolio lettered in gilt, occasional foxing or oxidization, an adequate copy. Includes 22 newspaper clippings from the 10s, 20s, 30s and 40s, all related to Blake, a brochure for Cambridge University Press’s An Island in the Moon facsimile, a brochure for Scolar Press’s The Grave facsimile, and a few other articles. § Third quarto edition, printed from the same plates as the 1813 edition but actually issued by or for John Camden Hotten in 1870. Bentley, Blake Books, 435e.

Uncut text pages measuring 11 x 13 11/16 in. Though dated 1813 on the title page this (like most "1813" editions) is the 1870 John Camden Hotten edition with the double-swell title page line (see image). Worming through foot of gutter not affecting text; wear to fore-edge; corners bumped; foxing throughout, especially heavy to " "Death of the Strong Wicked Man." Quarter morocco over paper covered boards. See image and do not hesitate to request scans. ; Folio ; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

R. Ackermann. London. 1813 (Circa 1870?). PORTFOLIO OF 13 PLATES. No text, as issued. (Paper size 14.9 x 11.3 inches. The portfolio is 15.5 x 12 inches). Portrait of Blake, by T. Phillips, RA; Engraved title page (dated 1808) and 11 plates, all stating Ackermann as publisher, dated 1813 and engraved by Louis Schiavonetti, after Blake's designs. The pages have a little bumping to the edges but well away form the engraved area. Plates a little dusty and toned but the impressions are good. The original portfolio is brown Morocco grained cloth with elaborate blind tooled designs to both boards. Gilt lettering to the front board. Only one small piece of one silk tie remaining. Yellow coated endpapers. 3 small clippings from bookseller catalogues, each listing copies of the Blair/Blake book, tipped in to the front pastedown endpaper. Some minor rubbing and bumping to the cloth but the gilt is still very bright and the cloth clean. Overall a very good example of this rare edition. ----- "When Gilchrist's… Read More