Description and Bibliographical Statement by Geoffrey Keynes.
Unpaginated (55 leaves), full blue morocco gilt, top edge gilt, metal stencil mounted on the rear endpaper, light foxing on the endpapers, pages edges and occasionally in the text, contained in a marbled paper slip case with a leather lip.
The prospectus for the publication is loosely inserted.
London, The Trianon Press for The William Blake Trust, London 1963
Colophon:
The edition consists of 526 copies, printed on Arches pure rag paper made to match that used by Blake. Each pages is water-marked with Blake’s monogram.
20 copies numbered I to XX, each containing a set of hand-coloured plates showing 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 Mr Paul Mellon, the Trustees of the William Blake Trust and the Publishers.
The illuminated pages were reproduced in Paris by Trianon Press (France) in the workshops of MM. Hourdebaigt and Crampe by the collotype and stencil process. The editorial matter was printed by the Imprimerie Darantiere, Dijon, and the binding was by Engel, Paris.
The book was produced and published, under the supervision of Mr. Arnold Fawcus, by the Trianon Press, Château de Boissea, Clairvaux, Jura, France, and is distributed throughout the world by Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 11 Grafton Street, London W.1.
This is copy: No. V
