Blake and Tradition (Volumes 1 and 2 in a slipcase)
- Hardcover
- Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1968
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 428; 370pp. Thick quarto [27.5 cm] Gray cloth over boards, with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Silk ribbon page marker. Bibliography and index. 194 illustrations, 11 in color. The books are near fine, with just a touch of discoloration to the publisher's spray on the top edge of the text block of volume 1. In the dust jackets, in very good condition, with light edgewear, and some staining to the spine of volume 2. In the slipcase, in very good condition, with a prominent darkened area to the front panel, a small circular marking (approximately 1/2" in diameter) on the rear panel, and scuffing to the bottom edge. The slipcase has done a very good job protecting these books. May require extra postage due to weight. Bollingen Series XXXV.11. The A. W. Mellon Lectures in Fine Arts, 1962, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.
A monumental work by English poet, critic, and William Blake scholar Kathleen Raine. Here, Raine takes as her starting-point the traditional language of symbolic discourse whose European mainstream- with tributary enrichments from Jewish mysticism, alchemy, and the mythologies of other races- may be traced in unbroken continuity from the Orphic theology, through Neoplatonic, Gnostic, and Hermetic writings and the iconography of Christian art.
A monumental work by English poet, critic, and William Blake scholar Kathleen Raine. Here, Raine takes as her starting-point the traditional language of symbolic discourse whose European mainstream- with tributary enrichments from Jewish mysticism, alchemy, and the mythologies of other races- may be traced in unbroken continuity from the Orphic theology, through Neoplatonic, Gnostic, and Hermetic writings and the iconography of Christian art.