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William Blake
William Blake
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Description for William Blake
Paperback. This volume contains every page of Blake's 20 or so illuminated books, reproduced in facsimile. It features his great prophetic poems, for example, "Jersualem" and "Songs of Innocence and of Experience". Num Pages: 480 pages, 393 illustrations, 366 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AFH; AGB; AKLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 295 x 212 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2182.
In his ‘illuminated’ books, William Blake combined his handwritten text with his exuberant imagery on pages the like of which had not been seen since the great decorated books of the Middle Ages. To have Blake’s great prophetic poems - Jerusalem and Songs of Innocence and of Experience, for example - in cold letterpress bears no comparison to seeing and reading them in Blake’s own medium, with his sublime and exhilarating colours.
This edition, produced together with The William Blake Trust, contains all the pages of Blake’s twenty or so illuminated books reproduced in true size, an appendix with ... Read more
In his ‘illuminated’ books, William Blake combined his handwritten text with his exuberant imagery on pages the like of which had not been seen since the great decorated books of the Middle Ages. To have Blake’s great prophetic poems - Jerusalem and Songs of Innocence and of Experience, for example - in cold letterpress bears no comparison to seeing and reading them in Blake’s own medium, with his sublime and exhilarating colours.
This edition, produced together with The William Blake Trust, contains all the pages of Blake’s twenty or so illuminated books reproduced in true size, an appendix with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500282458
SKU
V9780500282458
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-28
About William Blake
David Bindman is a noted Blake scholar.
Reviews for William Blake
'Astonishing … a magnificent tribute to Blake’s genius … one of the publishing triumphs of recent years' - The Birmingham Post 'Sumptuous facsimiles...glorious coloured pages...like peeping into a furnace of light through a crack in the door' - London Review of Books 'Beautifully reproduces Blake's vibrant images . . . handsome' - Art Newspaper