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1863 1st Edition
LIFE OF WILLIAM BLAKE
"Pictor Ignotus" with selections from his poems and other writings
A complete two-volume first edition of Gilchrist’s landmark biography of William Blake: the book which did more than any other Victorian publication to restore Blake’s reputation as both poet and artist. A substantial and highly collectable Blake item, bound in the publisher’s decorative cloth with gilt detail to the covers, and illustrated from Blake’s own works in facsimile by W. J. Linton and in photolithography.
Volume I contains the Life; Volume II gathers selections from Blake’s poems, prose, artwork and illustrated manuscripts, together forming one of the foundational works of Blake scholarship.
By Alexander Gilchrist
Author Bio: Alexander Gilchrist (1828–1861) was an English biographer, best known for his lives of William Etty and William Blake. Gilchrist spent years gathering material for this work and interviewing those who had known Blake, but died before publication. The book was completed by his widow, Anne Gilchrist, with assistance from Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Michael Rossetti.
Illustrated By: W. J. Linton
Illustrator Bio: W. J. Linton, after William Blake’s own works
William James Linton (1812–1897) was an English-born wood-engraver, artist, political reformer and author. His facsimile work helped make Blake’s visual imagination available to a wider Victorian readership.
Synopsis: Life of William Blake, “Pictor Ignotus” is the first major biography of the English poet, painter and visionary William Blake. The work presents Blake not merely as an eccentric engraver, but as a major imaginative artist whose poetry, prophetic writings and designs deserved serious attention. The first volume gives the biography; the second volume preserves selections from Blake’s poetry and prose, illustrated material, manuscript extracts and a catalogue of Blake’s works.
Format: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Language: English
Published By: Macmillan and Co, London and Cambridge
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Good - Original publisher’s decorative cloth with rubbing, bumping and shelf wear to the spines, boards, corners and extremities. Gilt cover decoration remains attractive. Text blocks and bindings firm and strong. Some foxing, chiefly to preliminaries, with more noticeable foxing around the Volume II portrait/frontispiece and adjacent page. Contents generally clean and readable for age. A handsome, honest first edition set of this important Blake biography, with strong collector appeal despite expected age-related wear.
Binding: Hardcover, original publisher’s decorative cloth, gilt-stamped to covers. Octavo.
Collation: Complete in two volumes. Total pagination: 657 pp. Illustrated with ten plates to Volume I, including the frontispiece. Volume II includes a folding frontispiece and thirty-seven facsimile plates.
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
SKU: BTETM0001966
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
1863 1st Edition
LIFE OF WILLIAM BLAKE
"Pictor Ignotus" with selections from his poems and other writings
A complete two-volume first edition of Gilchrist’s landmark biography of William Blake: the book which did more than any other Victorian publication to restore Blake’s reputation as both poet and artist. A substantial and highly collectable Blake item, bound in the publisher’s decorative cloth with gilt detail to the covers, and illustrated from Blake’s own works in facsimile by W. J. Linton and in photolithography.
Volume I contains the Life; Volume II gathers selections from Blake’s poems, prose, artwork and illustrated manuscripts, together forming one of the foundational works of Blake scholarship.
By Alexander Gilchrist
Author Bio: Alexander Gilchrist (1828–1861) was an English biographer, best known for his lives of William Etty and William Blake. Gilchrist spent years gathering material for this work and interviewing those who had known Blake, but died before publication. The book was completed by his widow, Anne Gilchrist, with assistance from Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Michael Rossetti.
Illustrated By: W. J. Linton
Illustrator Bio: W. J. Linton, after William Blake’s own works
William James Linton (1812–1897) was an English-born wood-engraver, artist, political reformer and author. His facsimile work helped make Blake’s visual imagination available to a wider Victorian readership.
Synopsis: Life of William Blake, “Pictor Ignotus” is the first major biography of the English poet, painter and visionary William Blake. The work presents Blake not merely as an eccentric engraver, but as a major imaginative artist whose poetry, prophetic writings and designs deserved serious attention. The first volume gives the biography; the second volume preserves selections from Blake’s poetry and prose, illustrated material, manuscript extracts and a catalogue of Blake’s works.
Format: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Language: English
Published By: Macmillan and Co, London and Cambridge
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Good - Original publisher’s decorative cloth with rubbing, bumping and shelf wear to the spines, boards, corners and extremities. Gilt cover decoration remains attractive. Text blocks and bindings firm and strong. Some foxing, chiefly to preliminaries, with more noticeable foxing around the Volume II portrait/frontispiece and adjacent page. Contents generally clean and readable for age. A handsome, honest first edition set of this important Blake biography, with strong collector appeal despite expected age-related wear.
Binding: Hardcover, original publisher’s decorative cloth, gilt-stamped to covers. Octavo.
Collation: Complete in two volumes. Total pagination: 657 pp. Illustrated with ten plates to Volume I, including the frontispiece. Volume II includes a folding frontispiece and thirty-seven facsimile plates.
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
SKU: BTETM0001966
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
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