William (1757-1827). Plate 5.

by BLAKE

£120 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

BLAKE, William (1757-1827). Plate 5. Facsimile collotype with hand-stenciling, after the original plate #5 from the " The [First] Book of Urizen," printed in London by Trianon Press, 1958. 295 x 235 mm. One of the scarcest of the Trianon facsimiles. Bentley, BB, 40. “Blake’s most ambitious production thitherto… seven copies and a few scattered pages have been located… intended to be the first of a series dealing with activities in the supernatural world which caused the creation of the natural world and the early history of mankind.” (Damon, Blake Dictionary). SKU: 2124596

• Binding: Hardcover

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