Mar 12, 2009 - Sale 2173

Sale 2173 - Lot 175

Unsold
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
(BLAKE, WILLIAM.) Blair, Robert. The Grave, a Poem. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Blake by Louis Schiavonetti after Thomas Phillips; etched additional title and 11 plates by Schiavonetti after Blake. Large 4to, 355x290 mm, rebound in polished calf with Greek key and floral border, later rebacked, rubbed, with some scuffing and loss at spine ends and tips; scattered minor foxing; bookplate on front pastedown. first edition. Printed on Whatman paper in an edition of 589 for subscribers. Keynes 82; Bentley and Nurmi 350A. London: Printed by T. Bensley for R. H. Cromek et al, 1808