Lot #1168 - William Blake Engravings
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Auction House:Davidson Auctions
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Sale Name:Estate & Collector
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Sale Date:02 Aug 2014 ~ 10am: Part 1 - Various Collections - Lots 1 - 522
02 Aug 2014 ~ 2.30pm: Part 2 - The David Spode Collection - Lots 601 - 1326 -
Lot #:1168
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Lot Description:William Blake Engravings
[Engravings by William BLAKE]. The Wit's Magazine; or Library of Momus. Being a Compleat Repository of Mirth, Humour, and Entertainment. London, Printed for Harrison and Co., January 1784 to May 1785 (all published). Two volumes bound in one. First edition.17 folding engraved plates, one for each month, 485,(1),193,(1)pp., 8vo., later binding c.1900-10 (?) in half green morocco and green cloth, spine gilt in panels with raised bands, spine tanned as usual with this colour. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown and some signs of use but a very good copy. Rare.The first five plates, January to May 1784, are engraved by William Blake after other artists. See Bentley 'Blake Books' No.513. The frontispiece plate (January 1784) is Bentley's second version. Four of the five Blake plates have a short tear (2-4cms) on one of the folds at the lower edge, sometime closed without loss or staining with old paper tape (passepartout) on the blank verso. Some of the other plates are credited to ar -
Estimate:A$700 - 1,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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