Blake (william).- Remember Me! A New Years Gift Or Christmas Present, 1826, Second Issue, Engraved - Mar 28, 2024 | Forum Auctions In London
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Blake (William).- Remember Me! A New Years Gift or Christmas Present, 1826, second issue, engraved

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Blake (William).- Remember Me! A New Years Gift or Christmas Present, 1826, second issue, engraved
Blake (William).- Remember Me! A New Years Gift or Christmas Present, 1826, second issue, engraved
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Blake (William).- Remember Me! A New Years Gift or Christmas Present, 1826, second issue, engraved frontispiece, title, Kalendar with title & 12 months incorporating vignettes and Raphael's 'Virgin & Child' on 4 leaves printed on both sides, 8pp. engraved music, 11 engraved plates including one by Blake at p.32 and 8 hand-coloured botanical plates, some foxing and marginal water-staining (worse towards end and particularly to plate 'The Storm' at p.275), light offsetting, original printed yellow boards, g.e., a little rubbed and marked, lacking backstrip, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Bentley 490B], 12mo, I.Poole, [?1825].*** One of the rarest of all Blake's plates 'The Hiding of Moses' was the last plate designed and engraved by Blake himself for a commercial publication. Originally published in 1824 this is the second issue of the book with no variance in the plate, the contents omitting blank Kalendar leaves and the misnumbered leaves at the end.
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Blake (William).- Remember Me! A New Years Gift or Christmas Present, 1826, second issue, engraved

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Max Hasler
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