Blake's Illustrations to the Poems of Gray
- Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1971
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1971. First Edition. Quarto. 28cm. Publisher's heavy grain green cloth titled in gilt and grey to the spine. Dustjacket. 167pp. paginated, with the last third of the book being unpaginated full page reproductions of Blake's work. Light wear to corners and spine ends, strong and handsome; internally clean and fresh; in a bright dustjacket with some light wear and fraying to corners and a little scuffing and soiling in places. A very good, bright copy indeed.
An elegantly produced scholarly appreciation of Blake's astonishing illustrations to the poetical works of Thomas Gray the ephemeral and luminous 18th century poet and scholar who has achieved immortality through his "Elegy Written in A Country Church-Yard", but astonishingly only published 13 poems in his lifetime.
An elegantly produced scholarly appreciation of Blake's astonishing illustrations to the poetical works of Thomas Gray the ephemeral and luminous 18th century poet and scholar who has achieved immortality through his "Elegy Written in A Country Church-Yard", but astonishingly only published 13 poems in his lifetime.