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A troubled paradise : William Blake's Virgil wood engravings

Title: A troubled paradise : William Blake's Virgil wood engravings / by Robert N. Essick ; with an afterword on collecting William Blake by John Windle.
Author: Essick, Robert N.
Publication: San Francisco : J. Windle, 1999.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Permit needed	Pforz BPSE (Essick, R. Troubled paradise)	Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319

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Description

45, [3] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill., facsims.; 26 cm.

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Note

Concerning Blake's "Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I" ("Thenot and Colinet", by Ambrose Philips) in the 1821 3rd edition of Robert John Thornton's The pastorals of Virgil; cf. Bentley, G.E. Blake books, nos. 504-510; Blake books suppl., p. 259-262.
"This edition is limited to 513 copies. Copies numbered I-XIII each have an original wood engraving by Blake from Thornton's Virgil ... This is copy number ..." -- T.p. verso.
"Designed and printed by Marianne Hinkle, Año Nuevo Island Press."--Colophon.
"A Blake collector's vade mecum", by John Windle: p. [33]-[41].

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Pforz BPSE (Essick, R. Troubled paradise)

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Author

Essick, Robert N.

Title

A troubled paradise : William Blake's Virgil wood engravings / by Robert N. Essick ; with an afterword on collecting William Blake by John Windle.

Imprint

San Francisco : J. Windle, 1999.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [33-47]).

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Restricted access; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

No. 49 of 513 copies printed.

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Place of Publication

United States California San Francisco.

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Blake, William, 1757-1827. Illustrator

Windle, John. Blake collector's vade mecum.

Año Nuevo Island Press.

Research Call Number

Pforz BPSE (Essick, R. Troubled paradise)