Blake, WilliamBiblio.com
63 résultats
17801106731780. London: Harrison and co. 1780-81. <br /> <br /> Single plate 10 x 7.5 ins. Browned and foxed.<br /> <br /> § First edition thus issued originally in parts and perhaps thus of great rarity. The last copy to change hands was in 1993 when Essick bought his copy; he has not recorded another copy in the marketplace since. That rarity is born out by ESTC which records 4 copies in all two at the BL seriously imperfect one in Oxford Queen's College and one in North America Bentley Blake Collection at Victoria University. It is noteworthy for the profusion of illustrations from classical sources and in the five plates engraved by Blake he shows his knowledge of the work of Rubens and Raphael most likely from reproductions in earlier illustrated books. See Essick CBI VI. Bentley Blake Books 419. Darlow and Moule 1273. unknown
17801106711780. London: Harrison and co. 1780-81. <br /> <br /> Single plate 10 x 7.5 ins. Browned margins foxed and chipped.<br /> <br /> § First edition thus issued originally in parts and perhaps thus of great rarity. The last copy to change hands was in 1993 when Essick bought his copy; he has not recorded another copy in the marketplace since. That rarity is born out by ESTC which records 4 copies in all two at the BL seriously imperfect one in Oxford Queen's College and one in North America Bentley Blake Collection at Victoria University. It is noteworthy for the profusion of illustrations from classical sources and in the five plates engraved by Blake he shows his knowledge of the work of Rubens and Raphael most likely from reproductions in earlier illustrated books. See Essick CBI VI. Bentley Blake Books 419. Darlow and Moule 1273. unknown
178531510London: Printed for J. Johnson 1785. A New Edition Corrected. Fourth Edition first was 1774 plates dated 1780. This edition was issued with and without plates. Only one plate is signed Blake. Frontispiece and 3 plates after Stothard engraved by Blake Sharp and Heath 2 plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf brown morocco label. Skilfully rebacked rubbed some light offsetting from plates and light browning at front else a very clean and good copy with the 1797 signature of Richard Garnons Jun on the title. A New Edition Corrected. Fourth Edition first was 1774 plates dated 1780. This edition was issued with and without plates. Only one plate is signed Blake. Frontispiece and 3 plates after Stothard engraved by Blake Sharp and Heath 2 plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Essick #I Bentley #453 Printed for J. Johnson unknown
1793D11653London: John Stockdale 1793. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary morocco ornate gilt-stamped border on boards gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on spine; 2 volumes 4to; pp. xi 1 225; vii 1 187 1 ad; plus an engraved title-page for each volume and 68 plates including 12 by William Blake; collates complete. First Stockdale edition first issue with the long "s" throughout. Boards faintly rubbed; joints and edges of boards lightly bumped and scuffed. Some very faint foxing; the occasional dusty smudge; but overall internally bright and clean. Considered one of the finest examples of Blake's work as a reproductive engraver. Ray England 1; Essick William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations XXVI. <br/><br/> John Stockdale hardcover
179339831London: John Stockdale. Very Good. 1793. Hardcover. Contemporary mottled calf neatly rebacked marbled endpages. Two volumes in one. Some foxing; bookplate old PO name. Seventy copperplates twelve engraved by Blake includes frontis to volume 1. A tall copy of the first Blake edition with the eleven page list of subscribers and ad on the final page for Barlow's Aesop Fables. First issue with the long "S. "; quarto . John Stockdale hardcover
180076319London:: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1800. First edition. old full calf blind-stamped and gilt-ruled; edges marbled. . There is some light foxing to the three Blake plates and 3-4 gatherings of the text are quite foxed. The joints are split and appear to have been reinforced with adhesive; corners worn. 4to. With three plates engraved by William Blake: a frontispiece Pericles not signed; The Death of Demosthenes; and Thomas Hayley the latter two with printed attributions to Blake. . T. Cadell and W. Davies, unknown
178078782London:: John Bell 1780. A New Edition Revised Corrected and Augmented by an original Set of Prints. . old full calf rebacked retaining the old spine. Small attractive old bookplate on pastedown; offsetting of the fencing figures in the folding plates; one plate soiled at the fore-edge due to misfolding; misfolding without damage to another plate. One pair of leaves detached from the generally weak sewing structure; boards rubbed and worn and splitting at joints. A rare book in need of rebinding. 8vo. Complete with fourteen engraved plates thirteen of which are folding; one engraved by William Blake. John Bell, hardcover
17831087621783. London: C Bathurst T. Payne and others 1783. <br /> <br /> 5 vols 8vo 8 cxxxi 335; 4 407: 4 427; 4 438; 4 16 subscribers and errata 322 vi 55 errata and index pp. with a frontispiece also in each volume and 3 further plates in The Life of Ariosto following the preface in vol. 1. Original calf with moderate wear; carefully restored. Spines with red labels and raised bands all somewhat worn and the label to vol. 5 is missing. Internally a clean set with endpapers a trifle browned page edges slightly dusty and just a few occasional marks throughout the set. Plates are clean; the Blake plate is the frontispiece to vol. 3. Bookplate of Sir Charles Dance in each volume.<br /> <br /> § First edition. Blake's engraving is after a drawing by Stothard depicting the furious Orlando brandishing a huge tree. Essick notes: "In a letter. to William Hayley Blake states that he is 'absorbed' in the study of several poets including Ariosto." Bentley BB 417A. Essick CBI XII. unknown
1799562217Amsterdam: Johannes Allart 1799. Hardcover. Very Good. First Dutch edition. Volume one only of four. Octavo. xvi 339pp. illustrated with 16 engraved plates: including two folded maps a frontispiece portrait of Steadman engraved by R. Vinkeles and five unsigned plates engraved after the original English plates by William Blake. Contemporary quarter calf and speckled paper over boards gilt spine with dark red leather titling label. The spine is rubbed and darkened leather corner tips are bumped slight stain at top right corner of the front endpapers and at the top of fore-edge very good with all 16 plates in fine condition. The first Dutch edition of Captain John Stedman’s “Narrative of a five years expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surinam from 1772-1777â€. In the 1770s enslaved and formerly enslaved people of African descent led a rebellion in the Dutch colony of Surinam now Suriname South America. The Dutch army officer Stedman volunteered to lead in the fight to suppress the armed rebellion. The Narrative is based on the diary of his voyage and time in the colony. First published in London in 1796 with engravings by William Blake and Francesco Bartolozzi after drawings by Stedman his Narrative became a significant work within the campaigns to abolish the slave trade and slavery. The Narrative includes graphic descriptions and illustrations of the Dutch colonists’ brutal treatment of both enslaved and free Africans. An attractive copy of the scarce first volume featuring many fine plates and folded maps engraved by R. Vinkeles J. Wijsman and A. Zurcher after the original English plates. Johannes Allart hardcover
17841266411784. London: Harrison and Co. 1784-1785. <br /> <br /> 2 vols. in one 8vo 1-9 10-485 1; 1-5 6-193 1 pp. Lacking the folding frontispiece but with the 4 other plates engraved by Blake after Samuel Collings. Contemporary half morocco with pebbled cloth boards. A neatly restored copy plates with some closed tears and repairs.<br /> <br /> § Only edition quite scarce. "These are the only caricature prints engraved by Blake. The graphic style is appropriately broad and rugged particularly in the barnyard scene. 'Fun I love but too much fun is of all things most loathsom' Blake to Trusler 1799. Blake may have felt that the great rage for caricature prints in the 1790s was a hindrance to the sale of his own original graphic works." Essick CBE p. 37. Bentley Blake Books 513. Essick William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations XVI. unknown
17981006531798. London: J. Johnson 1798. <br /> <br /> All 4 full-page copperplate engravings after Fuseli signed by Blake as the engraver. Matted good impressions of the plates complete with the imprints untrimmed.<br /> <br /> § One of Blake's scarcer works seldom seen in the trade or at auction; there was also a volume on English history published in the same year. We have had one other copy in the last seven years and one other separate set of the plates. The plates are strong and lively renditions of moments such as the death of Cleopatra; with the recent discovery of an original drawing by Fuseli for Allen's English History now in the Essick Collection we now are quite sure that the illustrations for both volumes were drawn by Fuseli. Bentley BB 416. Essick CBI XXXVII. unknown
17971045881797. London: R. Noble 1797. <br /> <br /> Large 4to pp. 87/88 with 2 full-page engravings 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.<br /> <br /> § 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. unknown
17971045861797. London: R. Noble 1797. <br /> <br /> Large 4to pp. 23/24 with 2 full-page engravings 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.<br /> <br /> § 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. unknown
17971045851797. London: R. Noble 1797. <br /> <br /> Large 4to pp. 15/16 with 2 full-page engravings 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.<br /> <br /> § 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. unknown
17751087571775. London: T. Payne 1775/1776. <br /> <br /> 3 vols 4to xx 516; 2 vi 535; viii 602 pp with 31 engravings on the 30 listed plates. A very good and attractive set in clean condition bound in original calf with gilt decorated rules to covers and gilt decoration to spine panels with six compartments and red and black labels.<br /> <br /> § Second edition of Vol. 1 and 2 1775 and only edition of Vol. 3 1796. The three maps are lacking. All other illustrations are present in good condition but including usual offsetting and a few showing minor mottling and browning. Plate XI stated in the List of Plates to be a Bartolozzi engraved plate designed by Cypriani from an original onyx Camaio by the Greek artist Tryphon is the correct plate although in fact it bears no plate No. and the imprint "G. B. Cipriani Del I.K. Sherwin Sculp." Although Bartolozzi normally signs his studio's plates J. K. Sherwin was an apprentice of Bartolozzi's and presumably was allowed to sign his engraving in this instance. The plate's design matches "The Marriage of Eros and Psyche" from Tryphon's Camaio in the Duke of Marlborough's Collection see e.g Wikipaedia: "The Marlborough Gem". Bentley BB 439. Essick CBI p. 117 entry C. unknown
17931229111793. London: John Stockdale 1793. <br /> <br /> 2 vols. royal 8vo xi 225; vii 187 1 advertisement pp. Engraved title to each part frontispiece to vol. I and 70 plates including 12 by Blake. Full contemporary calf rebacked a bit scuffed and untidy but quite sound internally good despite the usual browning and offsetting.<br /> <br /> § First edition with Blake's plates. The plates in this famous edition are free adaptations from the designs of Kent Wootton and Gravelot who illustrated the earlier printings of Gay's Fables. William Blake completely redesigned and redrew the 12 images for which he is responsible and is listed among the subscribers to the edition as are the other engravers who worked on this project. Blake engraved the plates opposite pp. 1 29 59 73 99 109 125 133 and 181 in volume one; and those opposite pp. 1 105 and 145 in volume two. The first issue is easily identified because it uses the long "s" throughout and the second does not. Bentley Blake Books 460A. Essick William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations XXVI. Ray The Illustrator and the Book in England 1. Note that in the list of subscribers there is a "Mr. Blake". Very few books are known to have been subscribed to by Blake. unknown
1791025208London: J. Johnson 1791. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good . 11 15/16" Tall. Frontispiece Portrait By William Blake. Iii Viii Iv 756 Vii. One Volume Quarto Edition With The Blake Frontispiece Complete With Two Preliminary And Two Final Blanks. The Beginnings Of Western Scientific Philosophical Psychology Here Enlarged From The 1749 German Original With Additional Notes And A Biographical Sketch And Portrait. Original Spotted Calf Five Bands Morocco Label All Compartments Tooled With Gilt Designs And Rules. Edge Wear Front Hinge Cracked Externally But Binding Sound Original Endpapers Not Re-Backed No Names Or Marks Except A Few Pencil Notes On The Front Pastedown. Per Wikipedia David Hartley Frs 1705 - 1757 Was An English Philosopher And Founder Of The Associationist School Of Psychology. Like John Locke He Asserted That Prior To Sensation The Human Mind Is A Blank Slate. By A Growth From Simple Sensations Those States Of Consciousness Which Appear Most Remote From Sensation Come Into Being. And The One Law Of Growth Of Which Hartley Took Account Was The Law Of Contiguity Synchronous And Successive. By This Law He Sought To Explain Not Only The Phenomena Of Memory Which Others Had Similarly Explained Before Him But Also The Phenomena Of Emotion Of Reasoning And Of Voluntary And Involuntary Action. His Attempts At Explicit Albeit Somewhat Obvious Analysis Of The Mechanics Of Mental Activity Laid An Important Framework Of Discussion For Subsequent Academic Psychology. <br/> <br/> J. Johnson hardcover
17931092201793. London: John Stockdale 1793. <br /> <br /> 2 vols. in one royal 8vo xi 225; vii 1871 advertisement pp. Engraved title to each part frontispiece to vol. I and 70 plates including 12 by Blake. Old calf rebacked lower cover rehinged scuffed and untidy internally very good without the usual browning and offsetting.<br /> <br /> § First edition with Blake's plates. The plates in this famous edition are free adaptations from the designs of Kent Wootton and Gravelot who illustrated the earlier printings of Gay's Fables. Blake completely redesigned and redrew the 12 images for which he was responsible and is listed among the subscribers to the edition as are the other engravers who worked on this project. Blake engraved the plates opposite pp. 1 29 59 73 99 109 125 133 and 181 in volume one; and those opposite pp. 1 105 and 145 in volume two. The first issue is easily identified because it uses the long "s" throughout and the second does not. Bentley BB 460A. Essick CBI XXVI. Ray The Illustrator and the Book in England 1. unknown
1793140941779London: John Stockdale 1793. First Thus. First Stockdale edition first issue with the long "s" throughout and list of subscribers. xi 1 225; 2 vii 187 1 pp. Two engraved title-pages with vignette "Gay Monument" frontispiece and 68 illustrations including 12 etchings by William Blake. Later full calf polished with gilt borders gilt decorated spines; marbled endpapers and edges. Very Good with joints expertly repaired and strengthened some general light wear and scuffing to calf offsetting to endpaper edges illustrated bookplates of author and bibliophile Louise Ward Watkins and Frances and Jourdan Hoyt scattered light foxing to interiors. The first edition of Gay's classic Fables to have etchings by William Blake who is listed as one of the subscribers at the rear. John Stockdale unknown
1793Flo260Very good copy of the first edition of Gay's <i>Fables</i> with the William Blake engravings.<br /><br />First issue of the Stockdale edition distinguished by the use of the long "s" throughout the text two volumes bound in one.<br /><br />Complete with the "Gay Monument" frontispiece two engraved title-pages with vignettes and 68 engraved plates<br /><br />With the 12 plates etched and engraved by William Blake in his inimitable style Vol. 1: page 1 29 59 73 99 109 125 133 181; Vol. 2: page 1 105 181. Blake had launched his own career publishing <i>The Book of Thel </i>and <i>The Marriage of Heaven and Hell </i>by this time and started taking on commercial book illustrating and engraving jobs such as Mary Wollstonecraft's <i>Original Stories from Real Life</i> 1791 and <i>Fables</i> 1793. <br /><br />Plates newly engraved by Blake William Grainger Philip Audinet Peter Mazell William Skelton Lovegrove Wilson and Cook after original designs by John Wootton William Kent and Hubert Francois Gravelot from the 1729-1747 editions. <br /><br />With the List of Subscribers and one page advertisement in rear. Blake's name is listed alongside the other engravers Philip Audinet Peter Mazell and William Skelton.<br /><br />Large octavo size in three-quarter red morocco with some scuffing to spine and corners five raised bands dark green leather title label and gilt tooling on spine marbled boards and endpapers t.e.g. some scattered spotting to text and plates.<br /><br />In a fine binding by Zaehnsdorf 1907 with the bookplate of John Ingleby Jefferson Standard House Northallerton Yorkshire on front endpaper. John Stockdale, Piccadilly hardcover
1787g4041London: J Cooke. G : in good condition. Cover worn with loss to leather. Front board loose. Worming extinct to prelims. Occasional foxing and marks. 1787. Reprint. Brown hardback leather cover. 390mm x 260mm 15" x 10". 990pp vi plates. 90 b/w plates 18 b/w maps 8 fold-out. . And Containing a Complete Genuine History and Description of the Whole World . with an Account of the Rise Progress and Present State of Navigation throughout the Known World. 2 volumes bouns as 1. William Cooper His Booke. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. . J Cooke hardcover
1793259455London: Printed for John Stockdale 1793. First Stockdale edition and first with the Blake plates first issue with the long 's' throughout. 2 engraved title-pages with vignette "Gay Monument" frontispiece and 68 illustrations including 12 etchings by William Blake. ii xii 225; ii vii 188 pp. 2 vols. 8vo 10-3/8 x 6-3/4 inches. Contemporary full straight-grained red morocco covers stamped in gilt with outer roll border flat spines divided into 6 compartments 2 with title and volume number the rest gilt with small tool a.e.g. marbled endpapers. Light wear to extremities some foxing to title-pages. Bookplate of Frasier W. McCann. First Stockdale edition and first with the Blake plates first issue with the long 's' throughout. 2 engraved title-pages with vignette "Gay Monument" frontispiece and 68 illustrations including 12 etchings by William Blake. ii xii 225; ii vii 188 pp. 2 vols. 8vo 10-3/8 x 6-3/4 inches. A tall copy in contemporary binding of the Stockdale edition of Gay's Fables with 12 engravings by Blake who freely adapted his source material. Ray considers this one of the best examples of Blake's work as a reproductive engraver. Bentley & Nurmi 371A; Ray England 1; Essick William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations XXVI Printed for John Stockdale unknown
17641263551764. London: Printed in the Year of our Lord God 1699: and Re-printed in the year 1764. <br /> <br /> Sm. 4to vii viii errata 179pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece not always present. Original blue boards white paper backstrip rather soiled ff. iv-v also soiled otherwise a good copy as issued entirely untrimmed.<br /> <br /> § Second edition of Lodowick Muggleton's spiritual autobiography published posthumously in 1699 and reprinted in 1764. Muggleton was the founder of a radical Protestant sect which engaged in heated debates with the Quakers and others. Morton in "The Everlasting Gospel" 1958 et seq. is responsible for suggesting that Blake many have been influenced by extreme dissenters including Muggletonians -- others disagreed. Bentley BBS p.579. "Blake participates in a radical politico-religious tradition that was most vocal and extreme in the seventeenth century. chiefly Ranters Muggletonians and other extreme dissenters". ESTC T91008; Smith Bibliotheca Anti-Quakeriana p. 310. See Wikipedia for a long entry on Muggletonianism. unknown
17891602030019Printed for C. Cooke No. 17 Pater-Noster-Row 1789-1790. 2nd. Hardcover. Acceptable. Massive folio. Circa 1790. Frontis 108 plates of 112. Lacking 1 map and 3 plates. 70 plates with double engravings 17 single engraving plates 9 single leaf maps 12 folding maps. Complete in one volume. 990 pages in double columns. Contemporary full calf. Binding is good front board detached. Corners bumped. Scattered foxing throughout affecting a few plates tanning to margins a few pages have ink blots. Tear to pages 595 and 827 affecting text. The front engraved frontispiece is torn lacking almost half with the remainder wrinkled. Minor loss to the corner margin of the title. Single leaf maps are in very good condition. Maps are in fair condition with heavy wrinkling to fold tears; The Chart map maps of Africa North America Italy Europe and England are in extremely poor condition with heavy tearing and wrinkling. The engraving plates have old tears restored by an earlier hand. Sold by subscription with list of subscribers at rear. No edition stated presumed to be the 2nd edition printed 1789-1790 1787-1788 was the 1st ed. This book went through 6 editions in the 1790s and was revised to reflect new discoveries and English interest in the colonization of New Holland. The book is divided along geographical lines. Much of the content deals with the South Pacific Cook's voyages and Australia New Holland. ESTC N42026. Sold with all faults. <br><br> Contents: 5-106 Book I New Discoveries 107-314 Book II Asia 315-460 Book III Africa 461-576 Book IV America 577-944 Book V Europe 944-947 Supplement 947-948 Origin and Progress of the Art of Navigation 949-953 A General Table of Coins 954-959 A New Geographical Table 960 The Superficial Contents of the Globe 961-980 A Guide to Geography 981-990 Index 2 pp. Directions to the Binder 2 pp. A List of Subscribers. For collation / edition history see: Alan Frost Thomas Bankes's A New Royal Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography. LaTrobe Journal of the State Library of Victoria No 8. Oct. 1971. Prescott A Guide to Maps of Australia in Books Published 1780-1830 p. 242. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Printed for C. Cooke, No. 17, Pater-Noster-Row hardcover
17951262351795. London: Johnson 1795-94. <br /> <br /> 2 vols. in one 4to xx 218 124 2 directions to binder and advertisement; 2 viii 200 2 directions to the binder lacking the errata and ads pp. With a frontispiece to each volume ten plates in vol. I and 8 in vol. II. Early half calf marbled boards newly rebacked in calf with gilt-lettered label. A very good copy if a little aged -- early manuscript note loosely inserted about the Portland Vase copied from the Morning Chronicle c. 1796.<br /> <br /> § Best edition. 6 plates are engraved by Blake the best known being Fertilization of Egypt and Tornado both after Fuseli. The third edition of part one is the only edition to include the striking Tornado plate. At page 87 appears the enigmatic circular image of an African man in chains titled "Am I not a man and a brother." Bentley 450B and C. Essick William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations XXI.<br /> The Morning Chronicle was a newspaper founded in 1769 in London. It was notable for having been the first steady employer of essayist William Hazlitt as a political reporter and the first steady employer of Charles Dickens as a journalist. unknown
