1863 1st Edtn LIFE OF WILLIAM BLAKE By Alexander Gilchrist Illus. W. J. Linton Good Biography

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LIFE OF WILLIAM BLAKE
"Pictor Ignotus" with selections from his poems and other writings
By Alexander Gilchrist
Alexander Gilchrist (1828 � 30 November 1861), an English author, is known mainly as a biographer of William Etty and of William Blake. Gilchrist's biography of Blake is still a standard reference work about the poet.

Illustrated By: W. J. Linton
William James Linton (December 7, 1812 � December 29, 1897) was an English-born American wood-engraver, landscape painter, political reformer and author of memoirs, novels, poetry and non-fiction.

Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Published By: Macmillan and Co, London

octavo (8vo 6 נ9 152 נ229),Pages 657

ISBN:

Gilchrist spent years compiling material for this work and interviewing friends of the subject; however, he suddenly died and left it incomplete, and so his widow Anne finished it, aided by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Michael Rossetti.
The Life of William Blake, "Pictor Ignotus." With selections from his poems and other writings is a two-volume work on the English painter and poet William Blake, first published in 1863. The first volume is a biography and the second a compilation of Blake's poetry, prose, artwork and illustrated manuscript. Complete in two volumes. Bound in the publisher's decorative cloth, with gilt detail to the covers. Illustrated with ten plates to volume I including the frontispiece. With a folding frontispiece to volume II, as well as thirty-seven facsimile plates.



SKU: BTETM0001966
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg/p

LIFE OF WILLIAM BLAKE
"Pictor Ignotus" with selections from his poems and other writings
By Alexander Gilchrist
Alexander Gilchrist (1828 � 30 November 1861), an English author, is known mainly as a biographer of William Etty and of William Blake. Gilchrist's biography of Blake is still a standard reference work about the poet.

Illustrated By: W. J. Linton
William James Linton (December 7, 1812 � December 29, 1897) was an English-born American wood-engraver, landscape painter, political reformer and author of memoirs, novels, poetry and non-fiction.

Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Published By: Macmillan and Co, London

octavo (8vo 6 נ9 152 נ229),Pages 657

ISBN:

Gilchrist spent years compiling material for this work and interviewing friends of the subject; however, he suddenly died and left it incomplete, and so his widow Anne finished it, aided by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Michael Rossetti.
The Life of William Blake, "Pictor Ignotus." With selections from his poems and other writings is a two-volume work on the English painter and poet William Blake, first published in 1863. The first volume is a biography and the second a compilation of Blake's poetry, prose, artwork and illustrated manuscript. Complete in two volumes. Bound in the publisher's decorative cloth, with gilt detail to the covers. Illustrated with ten plates to volume I including the frontispiece. With a folding frontispiece to volume II, as well as thirty-seven facsimile plates.



SKU: BTETM0001966
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg/p

Good - Spine and boards rubbed/bumped, text block/binding firm and strong. Some foxing on prelims esp Vol 2 portrait and adajent page. Please see photos as part of condition report

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