William Blake: His Life, Character and Genius

by Alfred T. Story

$100 · Offered by John Windle Antiquarian

First edition

London: Swan Sonnehschein, 1893. 8vo, 8 , 160 pp.With a portrait frontispiece and 4 plates. Very good in original brown buckram with top edge gilt. § First edition, large-paper issue limited to 280 copies. Story wrote the life of Linnell and had access to much original Blake material through Linnell’s sons; four of the five illustrations here are reproduced from original drawings. Bentley, Blake Books 2772. Item #108962

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