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1717206651717. Very good condition. Robert Blake 1598 - 1657 was one of the pre-eminent British admirals and naval tacticians of the 17th century the chief contributor to Britain's naval supremacy who built the largest British navy of the day and whose talents are thought to rival or surpass those of Lord Nelson. <br /> <br /> Blake made the first set of rules and regulations for the Navy 'The Laws of War and Ordinances of the Sea' and wrote about his new methods for conducting naval blockades and landings a significant revision of the existing naval tactics 'Sailing instructions and Fighting Instructions'. Blake's naval experience included battles in the English Civil War the Anglo Dutch War and the Anglo Spanish War. <br /> <br /> Engraved by M. V de Gucht. Three quarter length portrait in armor holding truncheon at his right side; naval battle scene in distance. 4 x 6 1/2"; paper 5 1/2 x 7 1/2" unknown
1795WRCAM35078Boston 1795. 28pp. Half title. Printed self-wrappers stitched. Ink ownership inscription on half title. Tear in outer lower corner of fifth leaf not affecting text. Good. An exuberant Independence Day address delivered at Boston's Faneuil Hall. EVANS 28307. unknown books
178353851783. London: Printed in the Year 1783. London: Noel Douglas 1926. <br /> <br /> 8vo original paper over boards. Very good.<br /> <br /> § Trade edition of this handsome facsimile of the very rare original edition of 1783. Bentley 132. "The original 1783 copies were seventy-two pages in length printed in octavo by John Flaxman's aunt who owned a small print shop in the Strand and paid for by Anthony Stephen Mathew and his wife Harriet dilettantes to whom Blake had been introduced by Flaxman in early 1783. Each individual copy was hand-stitched with a grey back and a blue cover reading "POETICAL SKETCHES by W.B." It was printed without a table of contents and many pages were without half titles. Of the extant copies eleven contain corrections in Blake's handwriting. Poetical Sketches is one of only two works by Blake to be printed conventionally with typesetting; the only other extant work is The French Revolution in 1791 which was to be published by Joseph Johnson. However it never got beyond the proof copy and was thus not actually published.<br /> <br /> Even given the modest standards by which the book was published it was something of a failure. Alexander Gilchrist noted that the publication contained several obvious misreadings and numerous errors in punctuation suggesting that it was printed with little care and was not proofread by Blake thus the numerous handwritten corrections in printed copies. Gilchrist also notes that it was never mentioned in the Monthly Review even in the magazine's index of "Books noticed" which listed every book published in London each month signifying that the publication of the book had gone virtually unnoticed. Nevertheless Blake himself was proud enough of the volume that he was still giving copies to friends as late as 1808 and when he died several unstitched copies were found amongst his belongings." Wikipedia. unknown
178392461783. London: Printed in the Year 1783. London: Noel Douglas 1926. <br /> <br /> 8vo original paper over boards. Gift inscription in front endpaper. Very good.<br /> <br /> § Trade edition of this handsome facsimile of the very rare original edition of 1783. Bentley 132. "The original 1783 copies were seventy-two pages in length printed in octavo by John Flaxman's aunt who owned a small print shop in the Strand and paid for by Anthony Stephen Mathew and his wife Harriet dilettantes to whom Blake had been introduced by Flaxman in early 1783. Each individual copy was hand-stitched with a grey back and a blue cover reading "POETICAL SKETCHES by W.B." It was printed without a table of contents and many pages were without half titles. Of the extant copies eleven contain corrections in Blake's handwriting. Poetical Sketches is one of only two works by Blake to be printed conventionally with typesetting; the only other extant work is The French Revolution in 1791 which was to be published by Joseph Johnson. However it never got beyond the proof copy and was thus not actually published.<br /> <br /> Even given the modest standards by which the book was published it was something of a failure. Alexander Gilchrist noted that the publication contained several obvious misreadings and numerous errors in punctuation suggesting that it was printed with little care and was not proofread by Blake thus the numerous handwritten corrections in printed copies. Gilchrist also notes that it was never mentioned in the Monthly Review even in the magazine's index of "Books noticed" which listed every book published in London each month signifying that the publication of the book had gone virtually unnoticed. Nevertheless Blake himself was proud enough of the volume that he was still giving copies to friends as late as 1808 and when he died several unstitched copies were found amongst his belongings." Wikipedia. unknown
17831008001783. London: Printed in the Year 1783 i.e. London: Noel Douglas 1926. <br /> <br /> 8vo 70pp. Original paper over boards with worn printed glassine wrapper. Pages unopened. Very good.<br /> <br /> § Trade edition of this handsome facsimile of the very rare original edition of 1783. Bentley 132. "The original 1783 copies were seventy-two pages in length printed in octavo by John Flaxman's aunt who owned a small print shop in the Strand and paid for by Anthony Stephen Mathew and his wife Harriet dilettantes to whom Blake had been introduced by Flaxman in early 1783. Each individual copy was hand-stitched with a grey back and a blue cover reading "POETICAL SKETCHES by W.B." It was printed without a table of contents and many pages were without half titles. Of the extant copies eleven contain corrections in Blake's handwriting. Poetical Sketches is one of only two works by Blake to be printed conventionally with typesetting; the only other extant work is The French Revolution in 1791 which was to be published by Joseph Johnson. However it never got beyond the proof copy and was thus not actually published.<br /> <br /> Even given the modest standards by which the book was published it was something of a failure. Alexander Gilchrist noted that the publication contained several obvious misreadings and numerous errors in punctuation suggesting that it was printed with little care and was not proofread by Blake thus the numerous handwritten corrections in printed copies. Gilchrist also notes that it was never mentioned in the Monthly Review even in the magazine's index of "Books noticed" which listed every book published in London each month signifying that the publication of the book had gone virtually unnoticed. Nevertheless Blake himself was proud enough of the volume that he was still giving copies to friends as late as 1808 and when he died several unstitched copies were found amongst his belongings." Wikipedia. unknown
179565786Boston MA: Printed and sold by Benjamin Edes 1795. First edition. 8vo. 28 pp. Wanting the half-title. Ownership signature "Sam Dana's 1795" at head of title page; Samuel Dana 1767-1835 Boston lawyer politician and judge served in many local offices and in the U.S. House of Representatives 1814-1815. Sabin 5770. Evans 28307. Original self-wrappers stitched. Scattered foxing else very good. <br/><br/> Printed and sold by Benjamin Edes unknown books
1796177280London: W. Wilson 1796. Softcover. Poor- Sold as a reference copy only spine missing covers stained and significant wear foxing throughout. Missing plate 24. Tan cardboard wraps 2 preliminary leaves iii 52 pages l leaves 24 plates. Some of the plates were engraved by William Blake from designs by Cumberland. Page 49-52: "A numerical catalogue of above six hundred subjects from engraved stones almost all of which are from the finest antiques; selected with care for the use of artists from Mr. Tassies' cabinet consisting of above sixteen thousand impressions; all or any part of which are sold at his house in Leicester-Fields in sulpher casts mounted and numbered according to his descriptive catalogue at fourpence each."Art Instruction/Technique or Conservation. W. Wilson paperback
1796177280London: W. Wilson 1796. Softcover. Poor- Sold as a reference copy only spine missing covers stained and significant wear foxing throughout. Missing plate 24. Tan cardboard wraps 2 preliminary leaves iii 52 pages l leaves 24 plates. Some of the plates were engraved by William Blake from designs by Cumberland. Page 49-52: "A numerical catalogue of above six hundred subjects from engraved stones almost all of which are from the finest antiques; selected with care for the use of artists from Mr. Tassies' cabinet consisting of above sixteen thousand impressions; all or any part of which are sold at his house in Leicester-Fields in sulpher casts mounted and numbered according to his descriptive catalogue at fourpence each."Art Instruction/Technique or Conservation. W. Wilson unknown books
179061157Printed for J Cooke 17 Paternoster Row. 1790. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume 1 only No date presumed 1790 iv 460pp lacking all plates and maps title page creased odd mark in text. Smartly bound in recent brown cloth leather spine label new endpapers; Quarto . Printed for J Cooke 17 Paternoster Row hardcover
1794108770Small 8vo. London: J. Johnson 1794. Small 8vo viii 224 pp with the frontispiece designed by Fuseli and engraved by Blake in the second state. Original calf worn at edges and corners both boards reattached spine worn with a small portion missing at top.Print block firm and clean with many aphorisms having a faint pencil cross or squiggle alongside. Frontispiece clear but with browning and slight spotting in the surrounding outer margins. § Third edition first printed in 1788 third state of the plate. The frontispiece is after a drawing by Fuseli see Essick Blake and His Contemporaries… 43 for the original drawing and is a powerful image. The text notes “End of Vol. I†but no further volumes appeared as a fire destroyed Lavater’s manuscript at the printer. The Huntington Library has Blake’s own copy extensively annotated throughout. Bentley BB 480. Essick and Easson 2 XXXII 1c. Essick William Blake’s Commercial Book Illustrations XVIII. J. Johnson hardcover books
17941087701794. London: J. Johnson 1794. <br /> <br /> Small 8vo viii 224 pp. with the frontispiece designed by Fuseli and engraved by Blake in the second state. Original calf worn at edges and corners both boards reattached spine worn with a small portion missing at top. Print block firm and clean with many aphorisms having a faint pencil cross or squiggle alongside. Frontispiece clear but with browning and slight spotting in the surrounding outer margins. <br /> <br /> § Third edition first printed in 1788 third state of the plate. The frontispiece is after a drawing by Fuseli see Essick Blake and His Contemporaries. 43 for the original drawing and is a powerful image. The text notes "End of Vol. I" but no further volumes appeared as a fire destroyed Lavater's manuscript at the printer. The Huntington Library has Blake's own copy extensively annotated throughout. Bentley BB 480. Essick and Easson 2 XXXII 1c. Essick William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations XVIII. unknown
1793104757Single plate. London: Johnson 1793. Single plate in fine condition. § Essick William Blake’s Commercial Book Illustrations XXXIII #13. Johnson unknown books
1795015214London: J. Debrett 1795. Book measures 21x14.cm. 354pp. Bound in period half calf calf corners marble boards flat gilt bands. Binding rubbed worn with loss on edges hinge joints cracked but boards still attached. Internally spotting browning to first and last few pages. Pages in good condition. A good copy. . New Edition. Half Calf. Good Plus. 8vo. J. Debrett Hardcover
1793D19872London: Published by Printed by Darton and Harvey for F. & C. Rivington B & B. White T. Longman B. Law & Son and 1 others 1793. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Small quarto. Contemporary calf nicely rebacked with spine gilt in 6 compartments. Frontispiece engraved title-page with vignette and 67 illustrations 12 of these after designs by William Blake on 34 leaves. The illustrations appear hear in oval form copied from the Stockdale edition also of 1793. Bookplate of Richard D. Friedlander and one additional large armorial bookplate. <br/><br/> Published by Printed by Darton and Harvey, for F. & C. Rivington, B & B. White, T. Longman, B. Law & Son [and 1 others], hardcover
17823348London: Printed for J. Buckland 1782. Hardcover in marbled leather boards with spine printed in red and gilt. Very clean intact copy. Foxing spots on title page only all 14 engravings none missing are Very Good with offsetting to adjacent papes. Cover is cleanly detached spine cracked and loose at pp 50-51 bumped corners spine chipped at top & bottom. Overall a nice unmarked copy with clean boards bright legible spine tho cracked and excellent engravings including 4 by Stothard/William Blake others by Bertolozzi Hall Heath Taylor Watts Page Godfrey Heath Woolette. 341 pp on laid paper 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 14 b/w engravings. <br/><br/> Printed for J. Buckland hardcover
1789545361789. London 1789. First edition. London 1789. First edition. Essays Calling for the Abolition of Tithes Reduction of the Public Debt and Other Matters Blake Francis Sir 1738-1818. Political Tracts: Consisting of I. A Proposal for the Liquidation of the National Debt; An Explanation of the Proposal; An Appendix Containing a Narrative of Proceedings Thereon at Various Public Meetings; II. The Efficacy of a Sinking Fund of One Million Per Annum; the Propriety of an Actual Payment of the Public Debt; The True Policy of Great Britain; The Conclusion; III. The Abolition of Tithes and the Reform of the Church Revenue; The Doctrine of Prescription Considered; a Narrative of Proceeding at a County Meeting Held at Morpeth December 22 1784 Respecting the Payment of Tithes; A Letter to the Freeholders of the County of Northumberland On the Same Subject; The Conclusion. London: Printed for J. Debrett 1789. iv 13 14-355 1 pp. Includes one-page publisher list. Octavo 8" x 5". Original paper boards hand-lettered title to spine untrimmed edges. Light soiling moderate edgewear spine heavily abraded front board detached. Toning and light foxing to text. Gift inscription from the author's son Francis Blake Jr. dated 1876 to front free endpaper interior otherwise clean. $450. First edition. Blake a member of Lincoln's Inn was a political reformer who called for the abolition of tithes and later repeal of the Corn Laws. Political Tracts collects his principal essays which were composed between 1786 and 1787. This title was re-issued the following year with some additions and a somewhat different collation but with the same publication date on the title page. Francis Blake Jr. was a notable inventor and photographer. OCLC locates 5 copies all of the later 1789 edition. English Short-Title Catalogue N39972. unknown books
1789545361789. London 1789. First edition. London 1789. First edition. Essays Calling for the Abolition of Tithes Reduction of the Public Debt and Other Matters Blake Francis Sir 1738-1818. Political Tracts: Consisting of I. A Proposal for the Liquidation of the National Debt; An Explanation of the Proposal; An Appendix Containing a Narrative of Proceedings Thereon at Various Public Meetings; II. The Efficacy of a Sinking Fund of One Million Per Annum; the Propriety of an Actual Payment of the Public Debt; The True Policy of Great Britain; The Conclusion; III. The Abolition of Tithes and the Reform of the Church Revenue; The Doctrine of Prescription Considered; a Narrative of Proceeding at a County Meeting Held at Morpeth December 22 1784 Respecting the Payment of Tithes; A Letter to the Freeholders of the County of Northumberland On the Same Subject; The Conclusion. London: Printed for J. Debrett 1789. iv 13 14-355 1 pp. Includes one-page publisher list. Octavo 8" x 5". Original paper boards hand-lettered title to spine untrimmed edges. Light soiling moderate edgewear spine heavily abraded front board detached. Toning and light foxing to text. Gift inscription from the author's son Francis Blake Jr. dated 1876 to front free endpaper interior otherwise clean. $450. First edition. Blake a member of Lincoln's Inn was a political reformer who called for the abolition of tithes and later repeal of the Corn Laws. Political Tracts collects his principal essays which were composed between 1786 and 1787. This title was re-issued the following year with some additions and a somewhat different collation but with the same publication date on the title page. Francis Blake Jr. was a notable inventor and photographer. OCLC locates 5 copies all of the later 1789 edition. English Short-Title Catalogue N39972. unknown
17911077541791. London: 1791. <br /> <br /> Single sheet 175 x 261 sheet 134 x 177 image mm being a good impression of the plate extracted from the book; recently cleaned.<br /> <br /> § A famous image with familiar Blake themes including the raging horse a maiden laid out on a rock a terrified figure tearing her hair etc. Essick Commercial Book Illustrations XLIX. unknown
1792104007C. Cooke. London. 1792. C. Cooke. No date c.1792. Early edition. Elephant folio. Pagination: vi 7-723 plus 1 directions to binder page. Frontis. with small tear to outer margin 59 plates as called for including the 3 engraved by William Blake opposite pages 13 65 and 76. Two engraved maps lacks the folding plan of Jerusalem. Bound in full contemporary brown calf rebacked with origianl spine laid down and retains the original marbled endpapers. Boards worn and rubbed inner hinges visible but sound small tears to outer margins of a couple of plates. Endpapers lightly stained along hinges pages browned. Generally a sound copy. hardcover
1797105075Large 4to. London: R. Noble 1797. Large 4to pp. 9/10 with a full-page engraving by Blake surrounding the letterpress text. A loose sheet fore-edges untrimmed some still with deckle minimal trimming to top and bottom edges. Only five leaves in the book have engravings recto and verso. § First edition perfect for display or for teaching as the leaves are quite sturdy and can be carefully handled or matted for framing. Blake virtually in a frenzy completed 537 watercolor designs when he was commissioned to illustrate Young’s masterpiece. The publisher only issued the first four ‘Nights’and had Blake engrave and partially etch 43 plates to test the market. The response must have been poor since no further engravings were requested of Blake. Ironically today the poet Young once compared with Shakespeare and Milton is forgotten save for this edition. Bentley Blake Books 515. Essick and LaBelle Night Thoughts Dover 1975. Ray The Illustrator and the Book in England 1790-1914 3. R. Noble unknown books
1797104621Large 4to. London: R. Noble 1797. Large 4to pp. 85/86 with a full-page engraving by Blake surrounding the letterpress text. A loose sheet fore-edges untrimmed some still with deckle minimal trimming to top and bottom edges. Only five leaves in the book have engravings recto and verso. § First edition perfect for display or for teaching as the leaves are quite sturdy and can be carefully handled or matted for framing. Blake virtually in a frenzy completed 537 watercolor designs when he was commissioned to illustrate Young’s masterpiece. The publisher only issued the first four ‘Nights’and had Blake engrave and partially etch 43 plates to test the market. The response must have been poor since no further engravings were requested of Blake. Ironically today the poet Young once compared with Shakespeare and Milton is forgotten save for this edition. Bentley Blake Books 515. Essick and LaBelle Night Thoughts Dover 1975. Ray The Illustrator and the Book in England 1790-1914 3. R. Noble unknown books
1797104612Large 4to. London: R. Noble 1797. Large 4to pp. 57/58 with a full-page engraving by Blake surrounding the letterpress text. A loose sheet fore-edges untrimmed some still with deckle minimal trimming to top and bottom edges. § First edition perfect for display or for teaching as the leaf is quite sturdy and can be carefully handled or matted for framing. The leaf is from from "Narcissa" the third night of Young's poem and the illustration shows a party of drinkers under a looming figure clutching a spear.Blake virtually in a frenzy completed 537 watercolor designs when he was commissioned to illustrate Young’s masterpiece. The publisher only issued the first four ‘Nights’ and had Blake engrave and partially etch 43 plates to test the market. The response must have been poor since no further engravings were requested of Blake. Ironically today the poet Young once compared with Shakespeare and Milton is forgotten save for this edition. Bentley Blake Books 515. Essick and LaBelle Night Thoughts Dover 1975. Ray The Illustrator and the Book in England 1790-1914 3. R. Noble unknown books
1797104619Large 4to. London: R. Noble 1797. Large 4to pp. 75/76 with a full-page engraving by Blake surrounding the letterpress text. A loose sheet fore-edges untrimmed some still with deckle minimal trimming to top and bottom edges. Only five leaves in the book have engravings recto and verso. § First edition perfect for display or for teaching as the leaves are quite sturdy and can be carefully handled or matted for framing. Blake virtually in a frenzy completed 537 watercolor designs when he was commissioned to illustrate Young’s masterpiece. The publisher only issued the first four ‘Nights’and had Blake engrave and partially etch 43 plates to test the market. The response must have been poor since no further engravings were requested of Blake. Ironically today the poet Young once compared with Shakespeare and Milton is forgotten save for this edition. Bentley Blake Books 515. Essick and LaBelle Night Thoughts Dover 1975. Ray The Illustrator and the Book in England 1790-1914 3. R. Noble unknown books
1797104624Large 4to. London: R. Noble 1797. Large 4to pp. 93/94 with a full-page engraving by Blake surrounding the letterpress text. A loose sheet fore-edges untrimmed some still with deckle minimal trimming to top and bottom edges. Only five leaves in the book have engravings recto and verso. § First edition perfect for display or for teaching as the leaves are quite sturdy and can be carefully handled or matted for framing. Blake virtually in a frenzy completed 537 watercolor designs when he was commissioned to illustrate Young’s masterpiece. The publisher only issued the first four ‘Nights’and had Blake engrave and partially etch 43 plates to test the market. The response must have been poor since no further engravings were requested of Blake. Ironically today the poet Young once compared with Shakespeare and Milton is forgotten save for this edition. Bentley Blake Books 515. Essick and LaBelle Night Thoughts Dover 1975. Ray The Illustrator and the Book in England 1790-1914 3. R. Noble unknown books
1797104611Large 4to. London: R. Noble 1797. Large 4to pp. 55/56 with a full-page engraving by Blake surrounding the letterpress text. A loose sheet fore-edges untrimmed some still with deckle minimal trimming to top and bottom edges. Only five leaves in the book have engravings recto and verso. § First edition perfect for display or for teaching as the leaves are quite sturdy and can be carefully handled or matted for framing. Blake virtually in a frenzy completed 537 watercolor designs when he was commissioned to illustrate Young’s masterpiece. The publisher only issued the first four ‘Nights’and had Blake engrave and partially etch 43 plates to test the market. The response must have been poor since no further engravings were requested of Blake. Ironically today the poet Young once compared with Shakespeare and Milton is forgotten save for this edition. Bentley Blake Books 515. Essick and LaBelle Night Thoughts Dover 1975. Ray The Illustrator and the Book in England 1790-1914 3. R. Noble unknown books
