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In-4 p., tela edit., sovracop., pp. 312 con 12 tavv. a colori, figg. nel t. e 348 ill. in b.n. f.t. Ben conservato.
In-16 p. (mm. 156x95), 2 opere in 1 volume, p. vitellino coevo, sottili cornici dorate ai piatti, decoraz. e tit. oro al dorso (spacchi e picc. manc.), pp. XII,165, con 6 pregevoli tavv. f.t. inc. su rame da William Blake su disegni di Maria Flaxman. Prima edizione "corretta" e con le incisioni di Blake. Cfr. The Cambridge Bibl.,II, p. 364 - Benezit,II, pp.369-70 e V, p. 509. Unito a: CAMPBELL Thomas, "The pleasures of hope; with other poems". The fourth edition, corrected and enlarged. Glasgow, 1800, pp. (8),136, con 4 belle tavv. f.t. inc. in rame. Pagine ingiallite per la qualità della carta, altrimenti esempl. ben conservato.
Woodstock, William Edwin Rudge, Publisher, 1948, in-8, br., pp. (9 su 56 complessive). Con 5 ill. in b.n. nel testo.
Small 4to, 47pp., orig. wrappers.
First edition, xix, 393pp., orig. cloth, d.w. torn.
4to, 168pp., coloured frontis., 14 plates (2 folding), orig. printed wrappers, upper wrapper detached, 1,484 lots. De Ricci, p. 190. "He had beautiful Blakes, fine copies of all the great English classics and many scarce items in eighteenth-century literature".
4to, 83pp., numerous coloured illustrs., orig. decorated boards, 20 lots.
First edition, xix, 393pp., orig. cloth, d.w.
4to, xvi, 55pp., 66 plates, orig. cloth.
4to (260 x 205 mm), 2 parts in one, first part the first edition, the second part is a third edition, [4], vii-xii, 214, 126, [2]; [2], ix, [1], 197, [1]pp., engraved frontispieces and 18 plates (5 folding), of which 5 plates by William Blake, occasional offsetting, signatures L & M misbound (part 2), scattered faint spotting, marbled endpapers, contemporary full red morocco, single gilt fillet border to boards, smooth spine, seven gilt tooled bands producing 6 compartments, upper compartment with the Arnold crest - a demi tiger regardant bezanty holding a pheon, next compartment gilt lettered direct, some light rubbing to extremities, otherwise a very nice copy. Epic poetic tribute to the lives, loves, and reproductive capacity of plants by the grandfather of Charles Darwin. Darwin's Botanic Garden is important for the five plates in part I which are engraved by William Blake: 'The Fertilization of Egypt,' engraved after the painting by Henry Fuseli, and four engravings of the Portland Vase. "The chief source of Erasmus Darwin's literary fame during his lifetime, The Botanic Garden contains a great deal of important and frequently advanced scientific information in the nearly 300 footnotes and the 115 pages of appendices to its verses..."? The Encyclopaedia Britannica. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of George Henry Arnold (1791-1844) to font paste-down; later bookplate of Ralph Hermon Major.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 48 fine collotype plates, 8 electrotypes and several illustrations in the text; original green cloth, gilt back, green top, uncut, backstrip midly sunned else a very good, clean copy.
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and illustrations in the text; pictorial red cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, grey top, grey endpapers, backstrip very lightly sunned else a near fine copy in publisher's card slip-case.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, on watermarked rag paper, with 10 splendid collotype reproductions in the text; marbled boards, green morocco back lettered in gilt, a very good, clean copy housed in publisher's marbled board slip-case. EDITION LIMITED TO 600 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 391).
Sm. folio, with very numerous wonderful illustrations and photographs throughout; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES; THIS COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Wonderfully illustrated account of Blake's action-packed two-year tenure as the first-ever Children's Laureate. This is a signed copy of the limited edition printed for Chris Beetles Gallery.
8vo., First Edition, with 63 plates on 24; cloth, gilt back, buff endpapers, a very good, clean in the dustwrapper. Excellent survey of the great spymaster and the secret institutions he served for half a century.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; cloth, a very good copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with small loss at upper edge of rear panel. With a personal name-stamp on front free endpaper.
4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and very numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published to accompany the major exhibition mounted severally by Kimbell Art Museum, Walters Art Museum and the National Gallery.
Sm. 4to., First Edition thus; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter mildly creased and frayed at edges. The standard reference and one of the great author bibliographies. Effectively a radically updated and expanded version of the first edition of 1964 by Bently and Nurmi.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with a portrait frontispiece and 116 fine watercolour plates in facsimile; pictorial cloth, morocco back, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, Commentary Volume in brown cloth, gilt back, the two volumes housed in publisher's buckram solander case lettered in gilt, a fine set. EDITION LIMTED TO 1000 SETS. This splendid FS production reproduces the original watercolours, acquired by Paul Mellon in 1966 and now in the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art. A number of scholars have written about this work, but Irene Tayler’s 1971 book, Blake’s Illustrations to the Poems of Gray, remains the most comprehensive and compelling reading. Presented here as a separate commentary volume, Tayler’s account tells how the illustrations were produced, relates Blake’s interpretation of the poems to his own ideas, and provides a detailed commentary on each poem.
8vo., Centenary Edition; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, front panel of dustwrapper mounted on new leaf at front, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The Nonesuch Centenary edition, first published in 1927, is the first single-volume version of the splendid three-volume set of 1925.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 7 plates and 2 maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean crisp copy in dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased and frayed at edges. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Albion AX-5 (238); NMM II/1, 306.Albion AX-5 (238); NMM II/1, 306.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, black endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous illustrations throughout; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy. SCARCE.
8vo., with very numerous illustrations in the text; orange cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, backstrip lettered in black, gilt top, a fine copy in publisher's printed slip-case.
