William Blake. His Life Character and Genius

by Alfred T. Story

$100 · Offered by John Windle Antiquarian

First edition

London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1893. 8vo, 8 , 160pp. With a portrait frontispiece and 4 plates. Original brown buckram lettered in gilt, gilt top. Edges slightly rubbed and fraying; very good copy. § 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 2772. Item #5108

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