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BLAKE, William (1757-1827). Sefer Iyov [Hebrew]. Illustrations of the Book of Job. Invented & Engraved by William Blake 1825. London: Published as the Act directs March 8th: 1825. by William Blake N. 3 Fountain Court Strand. (Binding Label: Published by the Author ... and Mr. J. Linnell, 6, Cirencester Road, Fitzroy Square, March 1826.)
2° (297 x 437mm. Engraved title and 21 plates, plate sizes vary between 265 x 408mm and 415 x 280, printed on rectos only, uncut, title-page and 10 plates with slightly rarer 'William' variant, mounted individually on blank sheets of paper, one of 65 'proof' sets printed on French paper, without the usual watermark 'J Whatman 1825'. (Some light spotting slightly affecting 11 plates, small repaired marginal holes to plates 2 and 10, small repaired hole affecting plate mark but not image of plate 12.) Original red paper boards with variant original title label pasted on upper cover (rubbed, lower half of title label removed with resultant rubbing to upper cover, very minor wear to spine ends), in contemporary red linen box with sliding spring catches, spine backed with blue morocco, title lettered in gilt.
AFINE COPY IN ITS ORIGINAL BOX as described by Linnell. The genesis of these designs goes back a long way in Blake's artistic career. He made a large drawing of Job in 1793, and in 1810 produced a series of twenty-one drawings for his patron Thomas Butt. The engravings were made following a contract between John Linnell and Blake, as recorded in John Linnell's records. Linnell's commission kept the wolf from the door for Blake, and in the end he recieved more than £150 plus the expense incurred for the copper plates. Bentley cites Linnel as having written to Bernard Quaritch saying that 'at the time of publication a certain number of copies of the 'proofs' were stuck into books of paper boards, - These copies have become more or less spotted through damp.' (See Bentley, Blake Books, p. 524.) Bentley, Books, no. 421; Keynes, 'The History of the Blake Designs,' Blake Studies, 1971, pp., 176-186; Bindman, Graphic Works, pp. 625-646.
2° (297 x 437mm. Engraved title and 21 plates, plate sizes vary between 265 x 408mm and 415 x 280, printed on rectos only, uncut, title-page and 10 plates with slightly rarer 'William' variant, mounted individually on blank sheets of paper, one of 65 'proof' sets printed on French paper, without the usual watermark 'J Whatman 1825'. (Some light spotting slightly affecting 11 plates, small repaired marginal holes to plates 2 and 10, small repaired hole affecting plate mark but not image of plate 12.) Original red paper boards with variant original title label pasted on upper cover (rubbed, lower half of title label removed with resultant rubbing to upper cover, very minor wear to spine ends), in contemporary red linen box with sliding spring catches, spine backed with blue morocco, title lettered in gilt.
AFINE COPY IN ITS ORIGINAL BOX as described by Linnell. The genesis of these designs goes back a long way in Blake's artistic career. He made a large drawing of Job in 1793, and in 1810 produced a series of twenty-one drawings for his patron Thomas Butt. The engravings were made following a contract between John Linnell and Blake, as recorded in John Linnell's records. Linnell's commission kept the wolf from the door for Blake, and in the end he recieved more than £150 plus the expense incurred for the copper plates. Bentley cites Linnel as having written to Bernard Quaritch saying that 'at the time of publication a certain number of copies of the 'proofs' were stuck into books of paper boards, - These copies have become more or less spotted through damp.' (See Bentley, Blake Books, p. 524.) Bentley, Books, no. 421; Keynes, 'The History of the Blake Designs,' Blake Studies, 1971, pp., 176-186; Bindman, Graphic Works, pp. 625-646.