Title: Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion Author: Blake, William Place: [London] Publisher: [Pearson] Date: [1877] Description: 100 leaves, lithographed on rectos only, reproducing both text and illustrations, a few with hand-coloring. (4to) 34.5x27 cm (13½x10½"), period (original?) plain boards. Limited to 100 copies. First edition after the original copperplate edition of Blake's masterwork. The present is larger and clearer facsimile than the later Trianon Press edition. Facsimile printing from 1877, noted by Keynes (#213) as being limited to just 100 copies. The present copy is unusual in that several of the leaves are hand-colored. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers stained and worn, lacking portion of spine strip; occasional marginal finger-soiling to the contents, else very good, quite scarce. Item number: 285335a
Title: Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion Author: Blake, William Place: [London] Publisher: [Pearson] Date: [1877] Description: 100 leaves, lithographed on rectos only, reproducing both text and illustrations, a few with hand-coloring. (4to) 34.5x27 cm (13½x10½"), period (original?) plain boards. Limited to 100 copies. First edition after the original copperplate edition of Blake's masterwork. The present is larger and clearer facsimile than the later Trianon Press edition. Facsimile printing from 1877, noted by Keynes (#213) as being limited to just 100 copies. The present copy is unusual in that several of the leaves are hand-colored. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers stained and worn, lacking portion of spine strip; occasional marginal finger-soiling to the contents, else very good, quite scarce. Item number: 285335a
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