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Europe, a prophecy (Bentley copy L)

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Description
Lacking plate 3 (a "Preface" present in only 2 copies). The elaborate hand coloring was apparently not done by Blake. Keynes and Wolf 1953, no. 83 say the coloring was added by Walter T. Spencer, London bookdealer, sometime after February 1913.
Type
Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date
1794
Call number
57435
Creator
Blake, William (1757-1827)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from George D. Smith, Dec. 1918. Bookplate: Herschel V. Jones.
Restrictions
RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions
30 cm
Associated people
Tatham, Frederick, (1805-1878.)
Jones, Herschel V. (1861-1928,)
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