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[BLAKE, William (1757-1827)]. GILCHRIST, Alexander (1828-1861), editor. Life of… London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1863.
2 volumes, 8vo (219 x 141 mm). Half-titles, numerous illustrations from the Book of Job and other works, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 50 PLATES after Blake’s famous watercolor illustrations in Dante’s Divine Comedy, many in color. Full red levant, spines in 6 compartments with raised bands, gilt-lettering in 3, edges gilt, turn-ins gilt, GILT STAMP-SIGNED BY BAYNTUN (spines gently darkened with some rubbing, second raised band on vol. I worn, fifth raised bands lacking on both); cloth slipcase.
FIRST EDITION of the foremost 19th century biography of William Blake.