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BLAKE, William, illustrator -- HAYLEY, William (1745-1820). Ballads. Chichester. J. Seagrave for Richard Phillips, 1805.
8o (174 x 115 mm). Half-title. Five engraved plates by William Blake, including frontispiece. Original boards, paper spine label, uncut (repairs to spine, some wear); quarter calf slipcase. Provenance: George Mason Lamonte (bookplate); acquired from Sotheby's, 1962.
FIRST EDITION. "These Ballads were originally intended to have been issued separately in fifteen quarto parts with numerous illustrations by Blake, and for the benefit of the artist. Four parts were issued in 1802, but the series did not meet with success and was then discontinued. Later it was arranged to issue them in the present form, again for Blake's benefit" (Keynes 74). Bentley 465.
8o (174 x 115 mm). Half-title. Five engraved plates by William Blake, including frontispiece. Original boards, paper spine label, uncut (repairs to spine, some wear); quarter calf slipcase. Provenance: George Mason Lamonte (bookplate); acquired from Sotheby's, 1962.
FIRST EDITION. "These Ballads were originally intended to have been issued separately in fifteen quarto parts with numerous illustrations by Blake, and for the benefit of the artist. Four parts were issued in 1802, but the series did not meet with success and was then discontinued. Later it was arranged to issue them in the present form, again for Blake's benefit" (Keynes 74). Bentley 465.