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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

[ENGRAVINGS] William BLAKE.

Twelve designs for "The Grave" by Robert Blair

printed separately for the first time from the original plates

Published: Phoenix Press, New York, 1926

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William BLAKE.

Twelve designs for "The Grave" by Robert Blair. Now first separately printed from the original plates in the possession of an American collector. New York : Phoenix Press, 1926. Folio. ([4] leaves, [13] leaves of plates : 13 ill.), printed in brown and black. (Yellowing of the first page otherwise clean and fresh). Brown cloth-backed paper-covered board portfolio, with paper flaps and cloth ties, covers blocked in gilt (crudely repaired, paper flaps detached).

Limited edition of 110 copies, this copy numbered '109'. "The engravings ... are printed separately for the first time from the original plates now in the possession of an American collector." The collector was identified by Bentley as George C. Smith Jr.

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