William Blake Collection
finding aid (Rare Books project)
Starr Hoffman
Spring 2007
This is an in-progress project for an eventual online finding aid. I'm saving notes here that will later be inserted into catalog records for these books.
ND1942.B55 A43 1794a
Europe: a prophecy. Lambeth, Printed by Will: Blake, 1794.
"The publication of this fasimilie of William Blake's EUROPE: A PROPHECY was made possible by the generosity of Mrs. Landon Thorne and Lord Cunliffe, who lent the two original volumes from which the plates were selected for reproduction.
This edition consists of 526 copies, printed on Arches pure rag paper made to match the paper used by Blake. Each leaf is watermarked with Blake's monogram.
20 copies numbered I to XX, each containing a set of hand-coloured plates shewing progressive stages in the stencil work, colour collotype proofs, and an original guide-sheet and stencil.
480 copies numbered 1 to 480.
26 copies numbered A to Z, reserved for Mrs. Landon Thorne, Lord Cunliffe, the Trustees of the William Blake Truse and the Publishers.
The illuminated pages were reproduced in Paris by the collotype and stencil process in the workshops of Trianon Press (France) and M. Crampe. The editorial matter was printed by the Imprimerie Darantiere, Dijon, and the binding was by Engel, Malakoff.
The book was produced and published, under the supervision of Mr. Arnold Fawcus, by the Trianon Press, Chateau de Boissia, Clairvaux, Jura, France, and is distributed throughout the world by Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 11 Grafton Street, London, W.I."
NE642.B5 A4 1973
The book of Ahania / W. Blake.
"This facsimile of William Blake's THE BOOK OF AHANIA is published by The Trianon Press for The William Blake Trust, London 1973."
"The publication of this facsimile of William Blake's THE BOOK OF AHANIA was made possible by the generosity of Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald and the Library of Congress, who lent the only complete copy in existence of the title-page and text, and of Sir. Geoffrey Keynes, who lent the frontispiece originally belonging to this volume, thus enabling the book as conceived by Blaketo be reunited in this facsimile.
The edition consists of 808 copies, printed on Arches pure rag paper made to match the paper used by Blake.
32 copies numbered I to XXXII, bound in full leather morocco, and each containing a set of plates shewing the progressive stages of the collotype and hand-stencil process and a guide-sheet and stencil.
750 copies numbered 1 to 750, bound in quarter leather morocco with hand-marbled paper sides.
25 copies numbered A to Z, reserved for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust and the Publishers.
The plates were reproduced in Paris in the workshops of Trianon Press (France) by the collotype and hand-stencil process. The editorial matter was printed by the Imprimerie Darantiere, Dijon, the binding was by Reliural, Paris, and the hand-made slip-case by Adine, Paris.
The book was produced and published, under the supervision of Mr. Arnold Fawcus, by the Trianon Press, Chateau de Boissia, Clairvaux, Jura, France, and 125 Avenue du Maine, 75014 Paris. It is distributed throughout the world by Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 5-8 Lower John Street, Golden Square, London, WIR 4AU.
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