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BLAKE, William Illustrations to the Book of Job. The Engravings and related material with Essays, Catalogue of States and printings, Commentary on the Plates and Documentary Record by David Bindman, Barbara Bryant, Robert Essick, Geoffrey Keynes and Bo Lindberg. Edited by David Bindman.
Paris: The Trianon Press for The William Blake Trust, 1987. [but printed c.1974]
The Limitation Statement reads “In addition to the 387 copies...issued and published...five extra copies containing extra material have been specially made up for those most closely concerned with bringing the publication to completion. This copy for Smith Settle.” Smith Settle were responsible for the assembling and binding of the production. This, the last production by Arnold Fawcus and the Trianon Press is a magnificent tour de force. The plates were printed c.1974, but after the death of Fawcus remained in sheet form for over a decade. The William Blake Trust finally sent the sheets to Smith Settle, who assembled a total of 392 copies [although only 387 stated in the limitation statement]; 22 copies lettered A - V contain additional material and are specially bound; 250 copies numbered 1 - 250; 50 copies numbered i - l; 65 copies numbered I - LXV are reserved by The William Blake Trust. There were an additional 5 copies, as the lettered copies with the addition of a previously unpublished plates, reserved for those involved in the production. 4 volumes in 3 morocco trimmed slipcases. Slipcase One contains A. The general notes, introduction and essays. Half morocco bound with marbled boards. B. William Blake's Illustrations to the Book of Job. With a plate by plate commentary by Bo Lindberg. Each of the 21 plates in several states. 21 fascicules plus preliminary matter, unbound in the French style, enclosed in a half morocco folder, cloth sides, contained in a half morocco solander with marbled sides, within the slipcase. Slipcase Two contains A. Text volume, The Colour Versions of the Book of Job from the Circle of John Linnell, by David Bindman. The Authenticity of the New Zealand Set and of the Coloured Engravings, by Bo Lindberg. Half morocco with marbled sides, morocco title label to front board. B. Portfolio I. The New Zealand Set, title page and 21 plates. Portfolio II. The Collins Set of Coloured Engravings, title page and 21 engravings. Portfolio III. Four Coloured Engravings from the Fitzwilliam Museum. The portfolios half morocco with cloth sides, printed paper label to front boards. The whole contained in a half morocco solander with marbled sides, leather title label to top, within the slipcase. Slipcase Three contains A. Illustrations of the Book of Job, alternative printing without plate mark; title page and 21 black and white plates. B. Proofs, guides and stencils for colour plate 'And my Servant Job shall pray for you.'; showing proof of the starting black and white plate, the finished hand-coloured plate and the total of 23 stages each with the original stencil, guide and proof plate. C. Additional proof sets of all the colour illustrations contained in Portfolios I - III of the second slipcase, in three folders, the first two comprising title page and 21 hand-coloured plates, the last, 4 hand-coloured plates. D. Label printed for the original publication, March 1826; 'Then a Spirit Passed before My Face', the Linnell version watercolour from the Pierpont Morgan Library edition, 1935. Both contained in display mounts. E. Pages from the ‘Riches’ sketchbook with colour washes. (not published). Contains 3 facsimile pages, not available elsewhere. Each section contained in half morocco folders, with printed paper title labels to front cover, within a half morocco solander, with marbled sides, within the slipcase. In three substantial slipcases, morocco top and bottom, edges trimmed in morocco, lettered in gilt. THIS IS EXTREMELY HEAVY AND SPECIAL SHIPPING ARRANGEMENT WILL HAVE TO BE MADE - PLEASE CONTACT THE SELLER BEFORE ORDERING. ONE OF ONLY FIVE COPIES RESERVED FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION.
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8200.00 GBP
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BLAKE, William Watercolour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray.
The Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, 1972. 1972.
Number 12 of 36 special copies with extra material. Folio. 2 volumes in slipcase. Frequently described as the Trianon Press masterpiece, this is undoubtedly a magnificent work contending for the title of one of the greatest pieces of 20th century printing. The edition was limited to 518 copies, printed on specially made on Arches pure rag paper made specially to match the paper used by Blake. 12 copies numbered I to XII, in three volumes, full morocco, with an additional portfolio containing a series of progressives showing the stages in the hand-stencil colouring of a single plate, together with original guide-sheets and stencils and other material used in the making of the facsimile, presented in a matching box. 36 copies numbered 1 to 36, unbound in the French style, in a full morocco portfolio, with an additional portfolio containing technical material as in copies I to XII, in a matching box. 352 copies numbered 37 to 388, in three volumes bound in quarter morocco, or unbound in the French style in a quarter morocco portfolio, presented in a matching box. 100 copies numbered 389 to 488 are reserved for Mr. Paul Mellon. 18 copies numbered A to R are hors commerce. This copy is Number 9 of the 36 special copies. The water-colour designs were reproduced by the collotype and hand-stencil process in the workshops of Trianon Press (France) in Paris. The text of Gray's poems were printed on pure rag laid paper from copperplates, using three additional printings to reproduce Blake's pencil crosses and to obtain the tone of paper. The illustrations were commissioned by Blake's friend John Flaxman in around 1796, on the death of his wife they passed by sale to William Beckford of Fonthill Abbey then by descent through Beckford's daughter to the Duke of Hamilton, finally by sale to Paul Mellon. Although known of, and occasionally viewed by a select few about during the whole of this period it was never shown in any exhibition of Blake's works. It was due to the generosity of Paul Mellon who entrusted them for a period of 4 years to Arnold Fawcus of the Trianon Press. This is the first time they have been reproduced. Fawcus and the Trianon Press set themselves exceedingly high standards of production, aiming for complete accuracy of Blake's designs, and several times had to abandon a plate when it failed to meet their critical eye. Comprising: 1.Watercolour designs for the poems of Thomas Gray. 116 full page printed designs hand-coloured using the stencil process, printed on one side only, the separately printed text laid on. Together with a note from the printer, introduction and commentary by Geoffrey Keyes. This section unbound in the French style, with a full morocco case. The early pages have some light foxing, and the case is a little scuffed. 2.Technical material. A. The Fatal Sisters [Plate 3], the complete series of 32 collotype and hand-coloured progressive states. B. The 12 hand-cut guide-sheets and stencils for plate 3. C. The three collotype negatives for plate 3 corrected by hand. D. A selection of 20 finished colour plates 'for framing'. E. A made up sheet with one of the copper plates used for Gray's text together with the three printing states. E. 'Ode on the Spring', & 'Ode to Adversity'; the complete series before hand-colouring and other early proof plates. Each section enclosed in a paper portfolio; the whole contained in a full morocco drop down box. Both sections held within a morocco backed solander with marbled sides, some light spotting to the preliminaries, the base of the box showing shelf wear and one of the short outer joints split.
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BLAKE, William William Blake’s Designs for Edward Young’s Night Thoughts.
Folio Society, 2005.
2 volumes. Folio. 537 colour reproductions of all Blake’s illustrations for this poem. Bound in quarter niger goatskin by Smith Settle of Otley with goatskin title panel to each front board. Together with the printed commentary by Robyn Hamly still in its original shrink wrapping and inset into the lower panel of the solander box. A Fine set, the box a little marked and bruised. Number 509 of 1000 copies.
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995.00 GBP
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