GROUP OF 29 PROOF IMPRESSIONS ON VELLUM FROM THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF WILLIAM BLAKE FOR THORNTON'S 'PASTORALS OF VIRGIL.'

by Vellum Printing, William Blake

$16,000 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

London: British Museum Publications, 1977 . Sheets: 90 x 140 mm. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 . Unnumbered proofs for an edition of 150 sets. 29 wood engravings on vellum from 17 blocks, six appearing twice Thenot and Colinet, Frontispiece; Colinet Rests by a Stream at Night; With Songs the Jovial Hinds Return from Plow; The Blighted Corn; For Him our Yearly Wakes and Feasts we Hold; Thenot,

• Binding: Leather

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