Life of William Blake, "Pictor ignotus" : with selections from his poems and other writings
Alexander Gilchrist (Author), William Blake, Anne Gilchrist (Writer of introduction), W. J. Linton (Illustrator), Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti, Charles Edwin West (Former owner), Charles Henry Jeens (Engraver), R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor (Printer), American Art Galleries (Former owner)
Microform, English, 1863
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Macmillan and Co., London, 1863
Biography
2 volumes (389, [1] pages (last pages blank), 13 leaves of plates; 268 pages, 39 leaves of plates) : illustrations, portrait ; 23 cm
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v. 1. Biography
v. 2. Selections. Poetical sketches ; Songs of innocence ; Songs of experience ; The book of Thel ; Poems hitherto unpublished ; Prose writings ; Appendix. Letters from Blake to Mr. Butts ; Annotated catalogue of Blake's pictures and drawings ; etc
"In two volumes."
Preface signed: Anne Gilchrist
The Selections were edited by Dante Gabriel Rossetti; the Annotated catalogue is by William Rossetti. Cf. volume 1, pages v-vi
Library has 2 sets. Copy 1: v. 1 and 2 rebound, trimmed to 22 cm.; date stamp on back paste-down of each vol: July 14, 1899 and January 21, 1937, respectively. Copy 2 of v. 2 untrimmed. Binding: quarter-calf; raised bands; direct tooling and lettering in gold on spine panels; marbled end-papers; all edges gilt. Copy 2: set bound in 3 v. (v. 1 in 2 books, Z-Folio). Errors in binding: v. 1 frontispiece bound following t.p.; plate designated for p. 230 bound facing p. [241], full-page ill. (p. [271]) bound preceding p. 269. Extra-illustrated with 181 plates. Each page mounted on a leaf 39x31 cm.; loosely inserted: Blake's paintings and drawings by Darrell Figgs prospectus. Provenance based on a slip with ms note: Prof. Charles E. West purchased April 1901 at American Art Galleries