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Blake, William (Trianon Press)Biblio.com
The Gates of Paradise. For Children. For the Sexes
19681075951968. London: Trianon Press 1968. <br /> <br /> 4 vols. 8vo and 12mo Vol. I 8vo i-vii-viii 50 4 pp. Vol. II 12mo 2 pp. 22 plates Vol. III 4 pp. 31 plates Vol. IV 12mo 2 pp. 10 plates negative and copper plate. Original tan morocco volume 4 in brown cloth as issued cloth slipcase gilt lettering to backstrips of all three volumes. Backstrips slightly flaked.<br /> <br /> § Copy #14 with the first three volumes bound in morocco. From an edition of 726 total copies including 700 numbered 1 to 700 of which the first 50 have additional material and are in a special binding and 26 reserved copies lettered A-Z. Volume I is an introductory volume followed by three volumes of plates. <br /> <br /> "In about 1818 Blake revised For Children: The Gates of Paradise giving the work the new title of For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise and adding three new text plates at the end Plates 19-21. All twenty-one plates are intaglio etchings/engravings. Plates 19-20 contain brief interpretive statements keyed by number to the preceding design plates. The final plate is addressed to Satan as the "God of This fallen World." Blake Archive. Bentley BB 48. unknown
