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• Auction House:
  Davidson Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Estate & Collector
• 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 #:
  1236
• Lot Description:
  Book On William Blake
  [BLAKE] GILCHRIST, Alexander. Life of William Blake, 'Pictor Ignotus''. ...Illustrated from Blake's Own Works, in facsimile...[and] with a few of Blake's original plates. London, Macmillan, 1863. Two volumes complete. First edition. Numerous plates and illustrations, some printed in sepia [collated all present],1 folding, (including 21 photo-lithographs of the Book of Job illustrations and 16 plates printed from electrotypes of the copper-plates of the Songs of Innocence and Experience), (16),389,(8),268pp., a couple of pages carelessly opened, edges untrimmed and top edges gilt, 8vo., recent 1/2 brown morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt with raised bands and black title labels. Small old ownership blindstamp on titlepage and final leaf of both volumes. No other markings. A very good copy. Completed by Dante Gabriel and Michael Rossetti after Gilchrist's death.
• Estimate:
  A$120 - 180
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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