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Blake (William) William Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job, 3 large slip-cases, letter D of 22

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Blake (William) William Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job, 3 large slip-cases, letter D of 22
Blake (William) William Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job, 3 large slip-cases, letter D of 22
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Blake (William) William Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job, edited by David Bindman, 10 parts in 4 vol. contained in 3 large slip-cases, letter D of 22 super deluxe specially-bound copies with additional material, from an edition limited to 387, vol.1 with text by David Bindman, Barbara Bryant, Robert Essick, and Geoffrey Keynes and folder of loose plates in various states & printings with commentary by Bo Lindberg, vol.2 with text and 3 portfolios of loose hand-coloured plates of different colour versions from the circle of John Linnell (the New Zealand set, the Collins set, the Fitzwilliam plates), vol.3 with additional material in 4 portfolios, text vol. in original dark blue morocco over marbled boards, plates and other material loose in half dark blue morocco cloth folders or portfolios, in 3 original dark blue morocco-backed marbled board drop-back boxes, morocco labels to upper covers, 3 large morocco and cloth slip-cases, a few tiny marks and very slight rubbing to edges but a fine set, [Bentley supplement pp.198-199], folio, Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, 1987.*** Magnificent facsimile of Blake's work, considered by many to be the crowning achievement of the Trianon Press.The additional material includes alternative printings of the plates without plate-mark, proofs, guide & stencils from the Trianon Press edition of 1974, a mounted label printed for the original publication of March 1826, a mounted plate 'Then a spirit passed before my face' (Linnell version watercolour from the Pierpont Morgan Library edition of 1935) and colour versions of designs from the circle of John Linnell.
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Blake (William) William Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job, 3 large slip-cases, letter D of 22

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