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100 1 $aBlake, William,$d1757-1827,$eauthor.
245 10 $aSongs of innocence /$cthe author & printer W Blake.
260 $a[London :$bWilliam Blake],$c1789.
300 $aIII leaves, IV-XXVII p. :$bcol. ill. ;$c19 cm
500 $aUnique copy.
500 $aWholly engraved.
500 $aPlates produced through Blake's own process of relief etching in 1789. Date of printing confrimed by the The William Blake archive.
500 $aOwned by Thomas J. Wise and Amy Lowell. For complete provenance, see Bentley.
500 $a27 plates on 15 leaves. First three leaves printed and paginated on rectos only; all others printed and paginated on both sides.
500 $aWatermark: E & P [Edmead & Pine], on 2 leaves.
500 $aAccording to The William Blake archive, this is one of 12 copies printed in yellow ochre or raw sienna ink. In this copy, the first three plates appear to be printed in raw sienna, and the rest in yellow ochre ink.
500 $aPenned pagination, I-XXVII, in black ink, perhaps by the binder according to Bentley (see Bentley, p. 373, note 6).
500 $aPlates hand-colored.
500 $a"Probably pl. (6-7) (19, 24) went to Songs [of innocence and of experience] [copy] T before 1836 when [this copy] was bound [by C. Lewis]."-- Bentley. The plates in question (lacking in this copy) are The ecchoing green (6-7), Holy Thursday [for Songs of innocence] (19), and Nurses song [for Songs of innocence] (24). See Bentley, Identification of plates, p. 375.
510 4 $aKeynes, G. Bib. of William Blake,$c34, copy G
510 4 $aKeynes & Wolf. William Blake's illuminated books,$cSongs of innocence, copy F [g]
510 4 $aBentley, G.E. Blake books,$c139 (p. 364-432), Songs of innocence, copy F
500 $aCf. William Blake archive (online, viewed July 11, 2014): Songs of innocence (1789): electronic edition.
505 0 $aI. Frontispiece for Songs of innocence -- II. t.p. for Songs of innocence --III. Introduction to Songs of innocence -- IV. The shephard -- V. Infant joy -- VI. The lamb -- VII. The blossom -- VIII. Laughing song -- IX. & X. The little black boy -- XI. The voice of the ancient bard -- XII. The little boy lost -- XIII. The little boy found -- XIV. The divine image -- XV. The chimney sweeper [for Songs of innocence] -- XVI & XVII. A cradle song -- XVIII & XIX. Night -- XX. Another's sorrow -- XXI & XXII. Spring -- XXIII. The school boy -- XXIV. A dream -- XXV & XXVI. The little girl lost -- XXVI & XXVII. The little girl found.
700 1 $aBlake, William,$d1757-1827,$eillustrator,$eetcher,$eprinter.
700 1 $aBlake, Catherine Boucher,$eprinter.
700 1 $aWise, Thomas James,$d1859-1937,$eformer owner.
700 1 $aLowell, Amy,$d1874-1925,$eformer owner.
752 $aEngland$dLondon
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