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Gay John. Blake William.
Fables. With a life of the Author and embellished with 70 Plates.
2 vols. London: John Stockdale 1793. 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. § 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. John Stockdale unknown books
Referencia librero : 122911
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Blake William.
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. The Muir facsimile.
4to. London: Muir 1885. 4to 1p. preface by Muir 27 leaves hand-colored 1p. appendix 2 leaves at the end in facsimile of Blake’s manuscript arrangement of the Songs of Innocence and of Experience and the separate plate ‘A Divine Image’. Original printed wrappers stitched as issued a fine copy. § The superb Muir facsimile limited to 50 copies this copy numbered 40. Reproduces copy A - the Beckford-Harvard copy. “This book is Blake’s Principia in which he announced a new concept of the universe.†Damon Blake Dictionary. One of Blake’s most popular texts with numerous famous lines. See Bentley Blake Books #249e. Muir unknown books
Referencia librero : 122891
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Blake William. Keynes Geoffrey. Trianon Press
The Complete Portraiture of William and Catherine Blake.
London: Trianon Press: 1977. 4to 155 pp. 51 plates. Original quarter brown morocco slipcase. § Copy 5 of 500 in quarter morocco from the limited edition of 562 copies. The definitive work on all known portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Blake. Not in Bentley BB or supplement. Trianon Press 1977. 4to unknown books
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Blake William. Trianon Press
The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell. With an introduction and commentary by Sir Geoffrey Keynes.
8vo xxvii xxviii. Designed by Arnold Fawcus and produced by The Trianon Press Paris. London & New York: Oxford University Press 1975. 8vo: xxvii xxviii 27 pp. Title-page in sepia and 27 plates including title-page in color in double-page spreads alternating with those bearing notes to the plates. Paper covered boards in slipcase fine. § Trade edition German language edition. Plates printed in 6 and 7-color offset by Fernand Chenot Imprimerie Modern du Lion Paris on paper especially manufactured to match the tint of that used by Blake. Bentley Blake Books Supplement p. 100. Oxford University Press hardcover books
Referencia librero : 107589
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Blake William. Trianon Press
All Religions are One.
4to. London: Trianon Press 1970. 4to 10 facsimile leaves and 5 pp. of commentary. Original quarter green morocco backstrip browned marbled boards with slipcase. § 351 of 662 copies including 36 de luxe copies numbered I-XXXVI 600 regular copies numbered 1-600 and 26 copies lettered A-Z reserved for the trustees of the William Blake Trust and the Publishers. This is copy 351. Bentley Blake Books 5. All Religions are One c. 1788 is “a small tractate perhaps Blake’s first experiment in his illuminated printing it exists in only one copy. It affirms that the Imagination ‘is the true man’. and thus early Blake had completed his revolutionary theory of the nature of man and proclaimed the unity of all true religions.†Damon Blake Dictionary. Trianon Press hardcover books
Referencia librero : 107980
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Blake William. Trianon Press.
The Gates of Paradise. For Children. For the Sexes.
4 vols. London: Trianon Press 1968. 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 rubbed. § From an edition of 726 total copies this de luxe copy unnumbered out of series including 700 numbered 1 to 700 of which the first 50 have additional material and are in a special binding. Volume I is an introductory volume followed by three volumes of plates. Bentley Blake Books 48. Trianon Press hardcover books
Referencia librero : 107595
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Blake William
Poems. The Tyger. Auguries of Innocence. Jerusalem.
Small slim 8vo. New York: Grolier Club 2019. Small slim 8vo 8pp. Oriiginal printed wrappers as issued new. § Limited to 10 copies for sale. Printed by Jerry Kelly on the Kelly-Winterton Press handset in Trump's Delphin type and printed on handmade Kelmscott paper with watermarks. This keepsake was issued by John Windle for a Grolier Club poetry reading. 50 copies were printed in all -- 40 went to the Club members who attended and ten copies are available for purchase. It is beyond question the most beautiful typographic rendering of any of Blake's poetry. Grolier Club unknown books
Referencia librero : 122655
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Blake William. Ellis EJ. and WB. Yeats. E. J. W. B.
The Works of William Blake.
3 vols. London: Quaritch 1893. 3 vols. large 8vo profusely illustrated. In original green cloth with extensive gilt stampings of Blake designs to covers in bright condition. The finest copy we have ever seen. § First edition of one of the most influential works on Blake. The Doheny copy with book plate in all three volumes. “The enthusiasm and comprehensiveness of this work are of considerable historical importance†Bentley 369 who cautions that the scholarly value of the work is at best uneven. The book is also treasured by devotees of gilt-stamped bindings of which this is a striking example. Quaritch hardcover books
Referencia librero : 122621
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Blake William.
The Gates of Paradise. with There is no Natural Religion. and All Religions are One. with On Homer's Poetry and On Virgil.
4to. Edmonton: William Muir 1888. 4to intaglio title page iv text prologue 18 leaves with Muir's black and white intaglio engraved plates sewed. with 25 leaves including the preliminary and final blank. Original wrappers upper cover lettered in manuscript and signed and numbered by Muir. with 1 leaf signed and numbered by Muir. Dark green straight grain morocco panelled in gilt gilt top backstrip lettered in gilt slightly worn but internally perfect. § The "Gates" is copy #17 signed by Muir. The facsimile is convincing enough that plates from it have been offered as originals on occasion. Bentley BB 249m. "There is No Natural Religion" is copy #4 and includes “ All Religions are One†and Muir's own version of the missing plate b5. Essick notes: There is No Natural Religion. The "Preface" dated 1886 indicates that the facsimile is based on plates "in the British Museum copy A and from some papers in my own possession copy L." Upper wrapper present. "On Homer's Poetry" is a single leaf #4 signed by Muir. Bentley BB 249 h. William Muir unknown books
Referencia librero : 122386
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Blake William.
Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience.
2 vols. Edmonton: William Muir 1885. 2 vols. in one. 4to 34; 30 leaves hand-colored with the original blue-gray wrappers as issued; copies No. 24 Innocence and 11 Experience. Full dark red morocco gilt top gilt-lettered backstrip with gilt device at foot bookplates of Thomas William Waller and Willis Vickery. Very good with tissue guards as issued. § Limited to around 50 copies of each. These are amongst the most alluring and successful of Muir’s facsimiles. Songs of Innocence was taken from the Pearson copy and he is recorded at the end as the publisher in London in 1884 but his death caused Muir to take the project to Quaritch who distributed the whole series. Songs of Experience is taken from the Beckford copy. The general title to both works is found at the end of Experience. Bentley BB 249 a and 249 d. William Muir unknown books
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Blake William.
America: A Prophecy. Materials for the Study of William Blake Volume I. With Editorial Comments by Roger Easson A Bibliographical Introduction by G.E. Bentley Jr. and a Check List of Secondary Materials in English by Easson
4to. Normal Illinois: The American Blake Foundation 1974. 4to 21 pp and 18 facsimile plates in black and white. Near fine in illustrated red wrappers and an additional loose set of the 18 facsimilies and the Check-List of Secondary Materials in English which accompanies Easson's Editorial Comments and Bentley's Introduction. All in the original illustrated envelope Blake Packet 1 published in 1976 by the American Blake Foundation addressed to Joseph Holland. § Trade edition reproducing copy E with additional material; see Bentley BB B9. The American Blake Foundation unknown books
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Blake William. Milton John.
Poems in English with Illustrations by William Blake. Paradise Lost. Miscellaneous Poems. Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes.
2 vols. London: The Nonesuch Press 1926. 2 vols. in 1 8vo viii 283; xii 359 pp. Title pages in sepia and black 27 black-and-white plates. Full stiff vellum gilt-lettered backstrip covers slightly bowed and spotted in the vellum. Two gift inscriptions at front. § De luxe edition limited to 95 copies on India paper copies. One of the finest of the Nonesuch Press books with excellent reproductions of the watercolors and extensive notes on them by Geoffrey Keynes. Bentley Blake Books 394. The Nonesuch Press hardcover books
Referencia librero : 110707
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Hogarth William. Blake William separate plate.
The Beggar’s Opera: Works.
London: Baldwin Cradock and Joy 1822. Single leaf. Oblong large folio on wove paper plate mark 583 x 455 mm on sheet 650 x 490 mm. § Blake’s one plate was first included in Hogarth’s Works 1790 and is here present in the third state of seven. Bentley Blake Books 475 I. Essick William Blake’s Commercial Book Illustrations XX. Baldwin unknown books
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Blake William. Darwin Erasmus.
Fertilization of Egypt.
4to. London: Johnson 1791. 4to single leaf 197 x 270 mm margins foxed a good strong impression with wide margins matted. § Designed by Fuseli and engraved by Blake for Erasmus Darwin's poem The Botanic Garden. One of Blake’s best-known commercial engravings. The image is of the God Anubis with the head of a dog praying to the star Sirius for rain his legs bestride a river and between them can be seen the winged figure of Jupiter Pluvius Jupiter giver of rain. Essick Commercial Book Illustrations XXI. Only state. Johnson unknown books
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Blake William. Keynes Geoffrey. Trianon Press
The Complete Portraiture of William and Catherine Blake mock-up copy.
London: Trianon Press: 1976. 4to 155 pp. 51 plates. Original quarter brown morocco a bit worn. § The Trianon Press mock-up for the published edition which was limited to 562 copies. The definitive work on all known portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Blake this example annotated by Arnold Fawcus and Ted Dring noting that Keynes wanted it it be called “The Portraiture†whereas in this mock-up it is titled “Portraits and Sketches of William and Catherine Blakeâ€. Numerous corrections to the text by hand. Trianon Press 1976. 4to unknown books
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Blake William. Blair Robert. separate plate
“Christ descending into the Graveâ€: p. 1 from The Grave.
Single plate. London: Ackermann 1813. Single plate folio etching on wove unwatermarked paper good. § From the second folio edition. Bentley Blake Books 435. Ackermann unknown books
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Blake not William.
Loss of the Hindostan by Fire.
N.p.: n.d. Single sheet 8 x 5 ins b/w engraving of a ship sinking signed “Blake sc.â€. § A print by the “wrong Blake†as Bentley described the various other Blakes who were artists or engravers roughly within Blake’s lifetime. The ship sank in 1803; curiously a similar image but reversed and unsigned was found in Google images. n.d. Single sheet unknown books
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Blake William. Blair Robert. separate plate
“The Counseller King Warrior Mother & Child in the tombâ€: in The Grave.
Single plate. London: Cadell and Davies 1808. Single plate etching on wove unwatermarked paper trimmed to the image. § From the first 4to edition. Bentley Blake Books 435b. Cadell and Davies unknown books
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Blake William
The Rinder Collection of William Blake.
4to. London: Christie's 30th Nov 1993. 4to 37pp with 16 black and white illustrations. Mint in illustrated wrappers. § A small but choice sale of 13 lots most now in America including the black and white copy of Jerusalem from which the Trianon Press facsimile was made now in a private collection in Chicago and several lots bought by us for Sendak and Essick. Christie's unknown books
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Blake William.
The Idle Laundress. with Industrious Cottager. Painted by G. Morland. Engraved by W. Blake.
2 prints. London: J.R. Smith 1788. 2 prints images 21 x 26 cms. with full margins and imprints. Well printed in brown ink cleaned and titles mounted below the prints in very good condition. § Second state of The Idle Laundress third state of Industrious Cottager good impressions. These two prints were designed to be issued together but they are extremely rarely found so. I have had two copies of the first plate third state and one copy of any state of the second plate. The first is known in one copy of the first state and Essick records only two copies of the second state BM and Keynes; Essick has the third state printed in 1803. The second plate is known in one copy each of the first and second states and 4 copies of the third state. Essick The Separate Plates of William Blake XXX and XXXI. J.R. Smith unknown books
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Blake William.
Visions of the Daughters of Albion.
Folio. London: Trianon Press 1959. Folio 11 plates 7 pp. text. Quarter orange morocco slipcase fine. § Limited to 426 copies of which this copy is unnumbered. One of the scarcer titles of the Press especially in fine unfaded condition. Bentley Blake Books 216. “It is a continuation though in thought only of The Book of Thel. That represented the soul in the state of innocence; this the soul in the state of experience. It is primarily a protest against the sexual customs of the time.†Damon Blake Dictionary. Trianon Press unknown books
Referencia librero : 110677
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Blake William. Trianon Press.
America - a Prophecy.
Folio. London: Trianon Press 1963. Folio 18 color facsimile leaves 8 pages commentary. Full blue morocco contents a bit foxed slipcase. § Edition de luxe #19 of an edition limited to 20 copies with additional proof sheets progressive plates original stencil etc. “America was the first of Blake’s books to name a place Lambeth in the imprint. which was an act of defiant courage. for the first time he designated one of his books as “a prophecyâ€. he concentrated particularly on the dramatic events in Boston. Blake continued his tale in Europe and then to make the cycle of continents complete he wrote “Africa†and “Asiaâ€giving a general title of all four: The Song of Los.†Damon Blake Dictionary. One of the rarest Trianon Press publications and the first de luxe edition we’ve seen in many years. Bentley Blake Books A9. Trianon Press unknown books
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Trianon Press. Blake William.
Illustrations of the Book of Job.
3 huge black slipcases. Paris: Trianon Press for the Blake Trust 1987. 3 huge black slipcases with contents in various formats see below. In perfect condition as issued. § Edition limited to 365 copies in three different formats and a super de luxe edition limited to 22 sets of which this is #D. The super de luxe issue includes David Bindman ed. William Blake’s Illustrations of the Book of Job: The Engravings and Related Material with Essays Catalogue of States and Printings Commentary on the Plates and Documentary Record by David Bindman Barbara Bryant Robert Essick Geoffrey Keynes and Bo Lindberg. London: The William Blake Trust 1987. The work is housed in four cloth slipcases trimmed in morocco as follows:1. Text volume with the title page and colophon. Contents:Stephen Keynes “Acknowledgments.â€Charles Ryskamp “Foreword.â€David Bindman and John Commander “Preface.â€Geoffrey Keynes “The Development of the Job Designs.â€David Bindman “The Book of Job Designs from Butts Series to Final Engravings.â€Robert Essick “Blake’s Engravings to the Book of Job: An Essay on Their Graphic Form and Catalogue of States and Printings.â€Barbara Bryant “The Job Designs; a Documentary and Bibliographical Record.â€Quarter morocco and cover label. In the same slipcase: William Blake’s Illustrations of the Book of Job: The Plates with related designs and with an Introduction and Plate-by-Plate Commentary by Bo Lindberg. Loose in fascicles in a quarter morocco folder quarter morocco clamshell box with cover label.2. Colour Versions of William Blake’s Book of Job Designs from the Circle of John Linnell. With an essay by Bo Lindberg. Text volume quarter morocco with cover label. Quarter-morocco clamshell box with cover label with the following quarter-morocco folders with cover labels as quoted below contents loose:a. “The New Zealand setâ€b. “The Collins setâ€c. “The Fitzwilliam platesâ€3. “Additional Material 1.†Quarter-morocco clamshell box with cover label with the following quarter-morocco folders with cover labels as quoted below contents loose:a. “Pages from the ‘Riches’ sketchbook with colour washes not publishedâ€b. “William Blake Illustrations of the Book of Job Alternative printing of the engravings without plate markâ€c. “Facsimiles of subjects from the Butts version watercolours printed collotype by Emery Walker for the Pierpont Morgan Library edition 1935â€. Two mounted color reproductions.d. “Proofs guides and stencils for colour plates from Colour versions of Blake’s Book of Job designs Trianon Press Paris c. 1974â€4. “Additional Material 2.†Quarter-morocco clamshell box with cover label with the following quarter-morocco folders with cover labels as quoted below contents loose:a. “Label printed for original publication March 1826â€b. “Colour versions of William Blake’s Book of Job designs from the circle of John Linnell Collins & New Zealand sets & Fitzwilliam plates.†Housed in three paper folders. The same reproductions as those in box 2 above.Bentley BBS pages 198-99. Trianon Press for the Blake Trust hardcover books
Referencia librero : 110689
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Blake William.
Abraham and the Three Angels in The Protestant’s Family Bible. Containing the Old and New Testament with the Apocrypha illustrated by explanatory Notes. With a compleat Concordance and general Index. By a Society of Protestant Divines.
Single plate. London: Harrison and co. 1780-81. Single plate 10 x 7.5 ins. A little browned around the edges very good. § 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. Harrison and co unknown books
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Blake William. Bentley GE. Jr. G. E.
Vala; or The Four Zoas. A Facsimile of the Manuscript a Trancript of the Poem and a Study of its Growth and Significance by G. E. Bentley Jr.
Large folio. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press 1963. Large folio xviii 220 pages. 142 pages of plates. Gray cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper cover dust jacket worn and with tears and nicks otherwise fine. § First edition thus. A fine production of the only facsimile of this huge manuscript. Bentley Blake Books 212. At the Clarendon Press hardcover books
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Blake William. Trianon Press.
The Gates of Paradise. For Children. For the Sexes.
4 vols. London: Trianon Press 1968. 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 rubbed. § 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. This is copy number 14 with the first three volumes bound in leather instead of the usual cloth. Volume I is an introductory volume followed by three volumes of plates. Bentley Blake Books 48. Trianon Press hardcover books
Referencia librero : 110682
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Blake William. Keynes Geoffrey. Trianon Press
William Blake’s Laocoon A Last Testament with Related Works: On Homers’ Poetry and On Virgil The Ghost Of Abel.
Small 4to. London: Published by the Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust 1976. Small 4to 62 pp. and 11 plates with descriptions. Quarter morocco with cloth covered boards. § Edition limited to 438 numbered copies this being 1 of 26 copies for the Trustees. A study of William Blake’s Laocoon which he first started sketching in the early 19th century with illustrations reproduced by the collotype process. This volume completes the series begun by the William Blake Trust in 1951. Not found in Bentley’s Blake Books or the Supplement. Published by the Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust hardcover books
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Blake William.
Joshua passing over Jordan in The Protestant’s Family Bible. Containing the Old and New Testament with the Apocrypha illustrated by explanatory Notes. With a compleat Concordance and general Index. By a Society of Protestant Divines.
Single plate. London: Harrison and co. 1780-81. Single plate 10 x 7.5 ins. A little browned around the edges very good. § 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. Harrison and co unknown books
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Blake William.
The Book of Ahania.
4to. London: Trianon Press 1973. 4to 6 color facsimile leaves 5 pp.of commentary. Quarter black morocco slipcase. As new. § #283 of 808 copies. Bentley BB A15. “Blake suppressed the “Book of Ahania†and recast her tale in “The Four Zoasâ€. She is Urizen’s ‘Shadowy Feminine Semblance’ â€. Damon Blake Dictionary. Trianon Press unknown books
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Blake William. Trianon Press.
Water-Colour Designs For The Poems Of Thomas Gray. A Facsimile with Introduction and Commentary by Sir Geoffrey Keynes.
3 volumes. London: Trianon Press 1972. 3 volumes folio with 116 color facsimile leaves reproduced by collotype and hand-stencil color the text of the poems reproduced from copper-plate with 3 additional printings to reproduce Blake’s pencillings and the tone of the paper. Marbled boards morocco backstrips slipcases backstrips stained slipcases worn internally a fine set as issued. § Edition limited to 518 copies in all including 100 copies for Paul Mellon personally of which 12 copies were a super de luxe issue in three volumes with extra material 36 copies were a de luxe issue also with extra material but in sheets unbound18 copies were hors commerce contents unrecorded and 352 copies either bound in 3 volumes in slipcases or as a single set of the loose sheets in a box. This is copy #37.The 116 water-color illustrations to Thomas Gray's poems are among Blake's major achievements as an illustrator. They were commissioned in 1797 by Blake's friend the sculptor John Flaxman as a gift for his wife Ann to whom Blake addressed the poem that ends the series. The commission may have been inspired by the Flaxmans' seeing Blake's water-color designs to Edward Young's Night Thoughts begun in 1795. The Gray illustrations follow the same basic format. Blake cut windows in large sheets of the same type of Whatman paper used for the Night Thoughts illustrations and mounted in these windows the texts of Gray's poems from a 1790 octavo edition published by John Murray leaving out some prefatory materials fly-titles the notes and the 7 engraved illustrations. Blake then drew and colored his designs surrounding the letterpress texts. On blank versos near the beginning of each poem and in one case on a separate piece of paper pasted over letterpress text Blake inscribed with pen and ink either titles for each design or quotations from the poem to indicate the passage illustrated. On most text pages Blake also drew a pencil cross left of the first line of the illustrated passage. He numbered most leaves consecutively in pen and ink beginning a new sequence for each of the 13 poems.Blake conceived of his work as an illustrated book rather than a series of unbound designs as indicated by his offsetting Gray's texts above and to the right left on versos from the middle of each leaf—then the convention for all letterpress books. Although listed by William Michael Rossetti in his catalogue of Blake's drawings and paintings published in the 1863 and 1880 editions of Alexander Gilchrist's Life of William Blake the Gray illustrations were virtually unknown until their rediscovery by Herbert Grierson in 1919.The Trianon Press reproductions are recognized as the finest examples of the art of facsimile reproduction; working from the originals in Paul Mellon’s collection each leaf is faithfully hand-colored through stencils to achieve an astonishing exactitude. The Times Literary Supplement stated that nothing like these books had ever been printed before and that it was highly unlikely that they could be printed again. Bentley Blake Books 385. Trianon Press hardcover books
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Blake William.
There Is No Natural Religion.
2 vols. London: Trianon Press 1971. 2 vols 4to and small 4to with 20 color plates and an 11 pp.description and bibliographical statement by Sir Geoffrey Keynes including a William Muir designed Plate 3 and an engraving from Hervey's "Meditations Among the Tombs" by Wall thought to have inspired Blake's "Application" design. Near fine in quarter brown morocco and marbled boards in slipcase. § Limited to 590 copies. “The text is a clear statement of Blake's beliefs regarding the nature of man. The full book only came to light in 1953 and this is the first reproduction of the text. Such maxims are included as "Man's desires are limited by his perceptions none can desire what he has not perciev'd sic" and "If any could desire what he is incapable of possessing despair must be his eternal lot" Schneideman. Bentley BB 202. Trianon Press hardcover books
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Blake William. Bentley GE. G. E.
Tiriel. Facsimile and Transcript of the Manuscript Reproduction of the Drawings and a Commentary on the Poem by G.E. Bentley Jr.
4to. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1967. 4to 9 94 pp with 25 black and white illustrations. Very good in original beige cloth boards and gilt title with dust-jacket slightly worn. § First edition of this important facsimile. “Tiriel†was the first of Blake’s prophetic books written c. 1789 but never engraved or printed by Blake who was dissatisfied with it. It was first published by W.M. Rossetti in 1874. Bentley BB 204. Clarendon Press hardcover books
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Blake William.
The Blake-Varley Sketchbook of 1819 in the Collection of M.D.E. Clayton-Stamm. Introduction and Notes by Martin Butlin.
2 vols. London: Heinemann 1969. 2 vols. oblong 8vo text vol. xiv 40 pp. with 12 illustrations; facsimile vol. to match in calf-backed green buckram slipcase faded backstrip scuffed on volumes 1 and 2. Facsimile volume with loose leaves repaired. § Limited to 800 copies. The facsimile of the notebook was printed by the Trianon Press. This is the “small†notebook which was broken up and sold at auction a few years ago. Almost invariably the facsimile volume is sprung with many leaves coming loose. Bentley BB 401: “includes 36 Visionary Drawings by Blakeâ€. Heinemann hardcover books
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Blake William. Wollstonecraft Mary.
Original Stories from Real Life; with Conversations Calculated to Regulate the Affections and form the Mind to Truth and Goodness. A New Edition.
12mo. London: printed for J. Johnson 1791. 12mo xii 177 3 advertisements pages with 6 plates by William Blake after his own designs and an extra plate bound in at the front not by Blake. Modern polished tree calf gilt backstrip red label in very good condition. Some plates have offset onto the facing page as usual. § First edition to contain William Blake’s characteristic illustrations reminiscent in iconography to his designs for his own Songs of Innocence 1789. This copy has all the plates in the second and much improved state and an extra plate at the front thought to be by Blake but not. This collection of didactic tales for youth in part reinforcing the lessons of Wollstonecraft’s first book Thoughts on the Education of Daughters proved her most popular book going through five editions by 1800. Windle Bibliography of Mary Wollstonecraft A3b. Bentley Blake Books 514A. Easson and Essick vol. I no. III. printed for J. Johnson unknown books
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Blake William.
Lots Escape in The Protestant’s Family Bible. Containing the Old and New Testament with the Apocrypha illustrated by explanatory Notes. With a compleat Concordance and general Index. By a Society of Protestant Divines.
Single plate. London: Harrison and co. 1780-81. Single plate 10 x 7.5 ins. A little browned around the edges very good. § 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. Harrison and co unknown books
Referencia librero : 110671
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Blake William.
Joseph sold to the Ishmeelites in The Protestant’s Family Bible. Containing the Old and New Testament with the Apocrypha illustrated by explanatory Notes. With a compleat Concordance and general Index. By a Society of Protestant Divines.
Single plate. London: Harrison and co. 1780-81. Single plate 10 x 7.5 ins. A little browned around the edges very good. § 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. Harrison and co unknown books
Referencia librero : 110672
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Blake William
Poetical Sketches.
8vo. London: Noel Douglas 1926. 8vo 70pp.Original paper over boards with title on spine. Very good with spine a touch darkened and light dusting to original cream boards and slight spotting to endpapers. § Trade edition of this handsome facsimile of the very rare original edition of 1783. “The original 1783 copies were seventy-two pages in length printed in octavo by John Flaxman's aunt who owned a small print shop in the Strand and paid for by Anthony Stephen Mathew and his wife Harriet dilettantes to whom Blake had been introduced by Flaxman in early 1783. Each individual copy was hand-stitched with a grey back and a blue cover reading "POETICAL SKETCHES by W.B." It was printed without a table of contents and many pages were without half titles. Of the extant copies eleven contain corrections in Blake's handwriting. Poetical Sketches is one of only two works by Blake to be printed conventionally with typesetting; the only other extant work is The French Revolution in 1791 which was to be published by Joseph Johnson. However it never got beyond the proof copy and was thus not actually published.Even given the modest standards by which the book was published it was something of a failure. Alexander Gilchrist noted that the publication contained several obvious misreadings and numerous errors in punctuation suggesting that it was printed with little care and was not proofread by Blake thus the numerous handwritten corrections in printed copies. Gilchrist also notes that it was never mentioned in the Monthly Review even in the magazine's index of "Books noticed" which listed every book published in London each month signifying that the publication of the book had gone virtually unnoticed. Nevertheless Blake himself was proud enough of the volume that he was still giving copies to friends as late as 1808 and when he died several unstitched copies were found amongst his belongings.†Bentley BB 132. Noel Douglas hardcover books
Referencia librero : 110715
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Blake William; Lindberg Bo Essayist; Bindman David Editor.
Illustrations of the Book of Job. ; Colour versions of William Blake's Book of Job designs from the circle of John Linnell. The Engravings and related material with Essays Catalogue of States and printings Commentary on the Plates and Documentary Record by David Bindman Barbara Bryant Robert Essick Geoffrey Keynes and Bo Lindberg.
Folio. London: The William Blake Trust 1987. Folio two large slipcases the first housing the text volume and a portfolio of plates including all 21 plates in several states 21 fascicules and the plate-by-plate commentary; the second slipcase houses The Colour Versions of the Book of Job. the text volume and three separate volumes of illustrations all bound in quarter-morocco with marbled paper covered boards with solander boxes fitted inside each slipcase printed on Arches pure rag paper. Near fine overall. § Limited edition number III of LXV numbered copies from a total edition of 387. Illustrations of the Book of Job with essays and commentary from several notable Blake scholars including Charles Ryskamp David Bindman John Commander Geoffrey Keynes Robert Essick Bo Lindberg and Barbara Bryant. The plates are comprised of 22 fascicules including the title-page and 21 plates of Blake's engraved Illustrations of the Book of Job in facsimile of the proof copy lately in the collection of Sir Geoffrey Keynes. Each fascicule also contains reproductions of related material together with a plate-by-plate commentary by Bo Lindberg. Colour versions of WIlliam Blake's Book of Job designs. with three portfolios containing "The New Zealand Set" of 21 plates and a title-page "The Collins Set of Coloured Engravings" of 21 plates and a title-page and "Four Coloured Engravings" of plates 11 15 18 and 20 from The Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge. Plates printed by pochoir method at the Trianon Press Paris under the supervision of the late Arnold Fawcus.A surprisingly hard title to find from the Blake Trust being their last publication until the 2009 issue of “The Grave†watercolors. The edition included a less expensive version of this issue as well as two more elaborate issues. The analysis of the various states of the Job plates and of the coloring of the three colored copies known is not printed anywhere else and thus this set is essential for anyone studying this book surely Blake’s masterpiece of engraving. The William Blake Trust hardcover books
Referencia librero : 110738
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Blake William. Milton John.
Comus: A Mask. With Eight Illustrations by William Blake. Edited from the Edition of 1645 and the Autograph Manuscript. With a Preface by Darrell Figgis.
4to. London: Published for the Julian Editions by Ernest Benn Limited 1926. 4to xxiii 1 35 1. With 8 b/w plates by William Blake.Original black cloth dust-jacket slipcase. Jacket torn and browned book fine. § Limited to 300 copies beautifully printed by the CUP on hand-made paper. Bentley Blake Books 388. Published for the Julian Editions by Ernest Benn Limited hardcover books
Referencia librero : 110709
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Blake reference.
William Blake: catalogues 26 - 29 - 32
3 vols. San Francisco: John Windle 1995-98-2001. 3 vols. 8vo 241 221 410 lots illustrated. Original wrappers as issued. § Three of the earliest catalogues devoted to Blake and his circle by Windle -- the latest catalogue available on request is # 65 and contains some 800 entries. John Windle unknown books
Referencia librero : 110502
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Blake William. Bain Iain.
Wood Engravings of William Blake. 17 Subjects commissioned by Dr. Robert Thornton for his Virgil of 1821. Newly printed from the original blocks now in the British Museum. Introduction by Andrew Wilton.
8vo. London: BM Publications Ltd. 1977. 8vo introductory pamphlet and 17 woodcuts on special paper each in an individual folder all contained in a brown cloth folding box with black leather gilt-lettered labels on upper cover and backstrip. As issued in the original BM-issued numbered cardboard box; a few prints and mounts are slightly foxed a little musty from storage a couple of spots on the cloth box. § Limited to 150 sets this superb reprinting of Blake’s only woodcuts from the original blocks was executed by Iain Bain the Bewick authority and sold out immediately. Very few sets have since come to market as most were purchased by institutions. The accompanying commentary volume includes an introduction by Lord Clark a technical account of the printing of the blocks by Bain and David Chambers an essay on the engravings by Andrew Wilton and the text of Ambrose Phillip's "Imitation of Virgil's First Eclogue" which the illustrations were made to accompany. Bentley BBS p.262. BM Publications Ltd hardcover books
Referencia librero : 110500
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Blake William
The Rinder Collection of William Blake.
4to. London: Christie's 30th Nov 1993. 4to 37pp with 16 black and white illustrations. Mint in illustrated wrappers. § A small but choice sale of 13 lots most now in America including the black and white copy of Jerusalem from which the Trianon Press facsimile was made now in a private collection in Chicago and several lots bought by us for Sendak and Essick. Christie's unknown books
Referencia librero : 110503
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Blake William. Trianon Press.
Water-Colour Designs For The Poems Of Thomas Gray. A Facsimile with Introduction and Commentary by Sir Geoffrey Keynes.
Folio. London: Trianon Press 1972. Folio with 116 color facsimile leaves reproduced by collotype and hand-stencil color the text of the poems reproduced from copper-plate with 3 additional printings to reproduce Blake’s pencillings and the tone of the paper. Original sheets marbled boards morocco backstrip lettered in giltquarter brown morocco box. § Edition limited to 518 copies in all including 100 copies for Paul Mellon personally of which 12 copies were a super de luxe issue in three volumes with extra material 36 copies were a de luxe issue also with extra material but in sheets unbound18 copies were hors commerce contents unrecorded and 352 copies either bound in 3 volumes in slipcases or as a single set of the loose sheets in a box. This is #370.The 116 water-color illustrations to Thomas Gray's poems are among Blake's major achievements as an illustrator. They were commissioned in 1797 by Blake's friend the sculptor John Flaxman as a gift for his wife Ann to whom Blake addressed the poem that ends the series. The commission may have been inspired by the Flaxmans' seeing Blake's water-color designs to Edward Young's Night Thoughts begun in 1795. The Gray illustrations follow the same basic format. Blake cut windows in large sheets of the same type of Whatman paper used for the Night Thoughts illustrations and mounted in these windows the texts of Gray's poems from a 1790 octavo edition published by John Murray leaving out some prefatory materials fly-titles the notes and the 7 engraved illustrations. Blake then drew and colored his designs surrounding the letterpress texts. On blank versos near the beginning of each poem and in one case on a separate piece of paper pasted over letterpress text Blake inscribed with pen and ink either titles for each design or quotations from the poem to indicate the passage illustrated. On most text pages Blake also drew a pencil cross left of the first line of the illustrated passage. He numbered most leaves consecutively in pen and ink beginning a new sequence for each of the 13 poems.Blake conceived of his work as an illustrated book rather than a series of unbound designs as indicated by his offsetting Gray's texts above and to the right left on versos from the middle of each leaf—then the convention for all letterpress books. Although listed by William Michael Rossetti in his catalogue of Blake's drawings and paintings published in the 1863 and 1880 editions of Alexander Gilchrist's Life of William Blake the Gray illustrations were virtually unknown until their rediscovery by Herbert Grierson in 1919.The Trianon Press reproductions are recognized as the finest examples of the art of facsimile reproduction; working from the originals in Paul Mellon’s collection each leaf is faithfully hand-colored through stencils to achieve an astonishing exactitude. The Times Literary Supplement stated that nothing like these books had ever been printed before and that it was highly unlikely that they could be printed again. Bentley Blake Books 385. Trianon Press hardcover books
Referencia librero : 110461
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Blake William illus. Stedman Captain John Gabriel.
Narrative of a Five Year's Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam.
London: J Johnson 1806. 2 vols. 4to xviii 423 4 index and plate list; iv 419 6 index and plate list pp with 40 hand-coloured plates in both vol I and vol II as called for plus hand-coloured title page to vol I and coloured vignette to both volumes. 16 of the plates and the two title page vignettes are by Blake. Contemporary diamond calf with gilt rules and decoration including to spine with general light wear the front cover of vol I rehinged; internally good some offsetting and spotting to reverse of a few plates occasional mild foxing to margins but generally a good clean copy. § Second edition revised and enlarged very scarce colored. Stedman's account of the slave rebellion in Dutch Guiana 1772-1777 with 40 hand-colored plates 16 by William Blake. A best-seller in its day and translated many times Stedman's narrative was an important resource for the abolitionist movement across Europe even though Stedman himself was not straightforwardly anti-slavery. Stedman based the text on personal diaries he kept on his travels now held by the University of Minnesota albeit with his numerous accounts of sexual liaisons with free and enslaved women reduced and romaticised. Essick writes that "Stedman's narrative of the brutalities of slavery very probably influenced Blake's own anti-slavery position"; Blake's graphic illustrations of abused slaves infused with human dignity undoubtedly influenced the reading public and advanced the abolitionist's cause. Essick William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations XXXIII. Bentley Blake Books 499. J unknown books
Referencia librero : 108730
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Blake William.
The First Book of Urizen.
4to. London: Trianon Press 1958. 4to 27 plates 5pp text plus the extra materials. Full red morocco slipcase very good. § Limited to 526 copies of which this is copy V of XX with a suite of progressive states of one plate an original guide-sheet and stencil etc. The de luxe copy is very hard to come by. Even the trade edition is one of the more difficult Trianon Press books to find. Bentley Blake Books 40. “Blake’s most ambitious production thitherto. seven copies and a few scattered pages have been located. intended to be the first of a series dealing with activities in the supernatural world which caused the creation of the natural world and the early history of mankind.†Damon Blake Dictionary. Trianon Press unknown books
Referencia librero : 110403
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Blake William.
For Children. The Gates of Paradise by William Blake Lambeth 1793.
4to. Edmonton: William Muir 1888. 4to intaglio title page iv text prologue 18 leaves with Muir's black and white intaglio engraved plates sewed and more recently bound in vellum and new endpapers and fitted into a modern marbled slipcase. Original Muir wrappers not bound in. § Possibly one of the copies Quaritch had for sale as recently as 1942 when their catalogue records only 31 copies had been published rather than the 50 first envisaged and of these 31 at least some were still being offered for sale. The facsimile is convincing enough that plates from it have been offered as originals on occasion. Copies in such fine condition are almost unheard of. Bentley BB 249m. William Muir hardcover books
Referencia librero : 108808
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Blake William.
Songs of Experience.
Small 4to. London: Ernest Benn 1927. Small 4to 26 facsimile pages in full color very good copy in a dust-jacket which is illustrated with facsimile of the frontispiece. In original black cloth boards with gilt decoration and titles. Spine of dust jacket darkened and cover illustration slightly faded. Internally near fine. § A good trade facsimile issued without any commentary. Reproduces the Experience section of Songs of Innocence and of Experience copy A lacking the general title page. Also includes two plates from the Innocence section of copy A “The School Boy†and “The Voice of the Ancient Bard†and three plates from copy T “To Tirzah†“A Little Boy Lost†and “A Little Girl Lostâ€. BB#143A. Ernest Benn hardcover books
Referencia librero : 108849
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Blake William
Poetical Sketches.
8vo. London: Noel Douglas 1926. 8vo 70pp.Original paper over boards with title on spine. Very good with spine a touch darkened and light dusting to original cream boards and slight spotting to endpapers. § Trade edition of this handsome facsimile of the very rare original edition of 1783. “The original 1783 copies were seventy-two pages in length printed in octavo by John Flaxman's aunt who owned a small print shop in the Strand and paid for by Anthony Stephen Mathew and his wife Harriet dilettantes to whom Blake had been introduced by Flaxman in early 1783. Each individual copy was hand-stitched with a grey back and a blue cover reading "POETICAL SKETCHES by W.B." It was printed without a table of contents and many pages were without half titles. Of the extant copies eleven contain corrections in Blake's handwriting. Poetical Sketches is one of only two works by Blake to be printed conventionally with typesetting; the only other extant work is The French Revolution in 1791 which was to be published by Joseph Johnson. However it never got beyond the proof copy and was thus not actually published.Even given the modest standards by which the book was published it was something of a failure. Alexander Gilchrist noted that the publication contained several obvious misreadings and numerous errors in punctuation suggesting that it was printed with little care and was not proofread by Blake thus the numerous handwritten corrections in printed copies. Gilchrist also notes that it was never mentioned in the Monthly Review even in the magazine's index of "Books noticed" which listed every book published in London each month signifying that the publication of the book had gone virtually unnoticed. Nevertheless Blake himself was proud enough of the volume that he was still giving copies to friends as late as 1808 and when he died several unstitched copies were found amongst his belongings.†Bentley BB 132. Noel Douglas hardcover books
Referencia librero : 108790
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Blake Society
Blake Society Annual Programmes and Miscellanea.
From 2008 to 2017 there are 10 color illustrated annual programmes. London: The Blake Society 2000 - 2017. From 2008 to 2017 there are 10 color illustrated annual programmes the later versions with several high quality color reproductions of Blake's designs- usually 4 per programme. There are further miscellanea containing details of events and several occasional lecture texts and articles on Blake's work produced by Members. All in very good or as new condition. § The Blake Society unknown books
Referencia librero : 109124
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Hoare Prince. Blake William.
An Inquiry into the Requisite Cultivation and Present State of the Arts of Design in England.
8vo. London: Richard Phillips 1806. 8vo xxiv 270pp ii publisher's booklist with Blake's engraved frontispiece of Sir Joshua Reynolds design " The Graphic Muse". Original blue-grey boards spine slightly darkened and worn at edges. § First edition a very scarce book especially in boards. With the bookplates of Gilbert Redgrave and George Goyder : there are also signatures of Sir Edward Hoare an early owner on the title page and other pages. Bentley Blake Books 474. Essick William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations XLVIII. Richard Phillips hardcover books
Referencia librero : 108751
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