[BLAKE, WILLIAM]. BINYON, LAURENCE. Autograph manuscript signed of his essay "William Blake; Painter, Poet, Seer." N.p., n.d. [ca. 1925]. 19 pages, 4to, approximately 5000 words written in ink on rectos only, cloth slipcase. Laurence Binyon (1869-1943), poet, art critic, and historian, was, through his articles and books, an early popularizer of Blake's work. This essay, typical of his writings and introductions which adorned various scholarly studies, is an eloquent recapitulation of Blake's fiery genius: "...He is primitive beyond the primitives; his natural speech & habit were those of some fabled Arcadia, or still more aboriginal...He sees the world as the earliest artists saw it, & as children see it, in few & definite outlines, with simple & definite colours. As his mind grew & took in the pity & terror of the world, his imagination goes back to the antique East, whence all religions of the world have come, & conjures from the unknown shapes of dreams strangely resembling the mythic creatures that Eastern art..."