Condition Report
Contact Information
Lot 51
Sale 2600 - Books and Manuscripts
Sep 27, 2023
11:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
Own a similar item?
Estimate
$1,000 -
1,500
Lot Description
[Blake, William] Blair, Robert
The Grave, a Poem
[Blake, William] Blair, Robert
The Grave, a Poem
London: Printed by T. Bensley, for R.H. Cromek, 1808. First quarto edition. 4to. (ii), xiv, 36, (4) (ads) pp. Illustrated with an engraved portrait of William Blake by L. Schiavonetti after T. Phillips, one etched title-page and 11 plates by L. Schiavonetti after Blake. Contemporary three-quarter black morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt, boards darkened and lightly rubbed; marbled edges; matching marbled endpapers; foxing to prelims; scattered light foxing to plates; armorial book-plate on front paste-down. Bentley and Nurmi 350B; Bentley, Blake Books 435B A handsome copy of Robert Blair's poem featuring magnificent illustrations by William Blake.