The Property of a Lady BLAKE (WILLIAM) YOUNG (EDWARD) The Complaint, and the Consolation; or, Night Thoughts, LARGE PAPER COPY, 4 engraved part titles and 39 etched and engraved pictorial borders by and after Blake, a few margins slightly cropped (with loss of imprint on 4 or 5, as usual, occasional off-setting and toning), with the letterpress "explanation of engravings" leaf (often missing), paper watermarked "J. Whatman 1794", green half morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, t.e.g. [Bentley 515; Keynes 70], folio (425 x 322mm.), Printed by R. Noble for R. Edwards, 1797 Fußnoten A large paper copy of the first illustrated edition of The Complaint, and the Consolation, with William Blakes' forty-three page designs. Bentley notes that "the paper was only marginally larger than the copperplate, and even in untrimmed copies ... parts of the platemark may not appear".
The Property of a Lady BLAKE (WILLIAM) YOUNG (EDWARD) The Complaint, and the Consolation; or, Night Thoughts, LARGE PAPER COPY, 4 engraved part titles and 39 etched and engraved pictorial borders by and after Blake, a few margins slightly cropped (with loss of imprint on 4 or 5, as usual, occasional off-setting and toning), with the letterpress "explanation of engravings" leaf (often missing), paper watermarked "J. Whatman 1794", green half morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, t.e.g. [Bentley 515; Keynes 70], folio (425 x 322mm.), Printed by R. Noble for R. Edwards, 1797 Fußnoten A large paper copy of the first illustrated edition of The Complaint, and the Consolation, with William Blakes' forty-three page designs. Bentley notes that "the paper was only marginally larger than the copperplate, and even in untrimmed copies ... parts of the platemark may not appear".
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