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Lot 54
Sale 2600 - Books and Manuscripts
Sep 27, 2023
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Live / Philadelphia
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[Blake, William] Hayley, William
Ballads, by William Haley, Esq, Founded on Anecdotes Relating to Animals...
[Blake, William] Hayley, William
Ballads, by William Haley, Esq, Founded on Anecdotes Relating to Animals...
Chichester: Printed by J. Seagrave; For Richard Phillips, London, 1805. First edition. 8vo. (vi), 212, (2) pp. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and four engraved plates, by William Blake. Original buff paper-covered boards, expertly rebacked, original paper spine label laid down, boards rubbed; all edges untrimmed; scattered light spotting to text. With the book-plate of Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow on front paste-down; in quarter brown calf slip case. Bentley and Nurmi 374; Bentley, Blake Books 465 A handsome copy.