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(BLAKE, WILLIAM.) Malkin, Benjamin Heath. A Father's Memoirs of His Child. Etched frontispiece by R. H. Cromek after design by Blake showing angel taking child to heaven, with inset portrait; 3 etched plates reproducing drawings, handwriting, and an imaginary map by Thomas Malkin. 8vo, contemporary diced calf, worn, spine ends chipped, joints cracked and bonded, front cover loose. London, 1806
first edition of a schoolmaster's personal record of his precocious son Thomas, who died at the age of 6. "The introduction to the work . . . is valuable as the first and fullest account of Blake's early life and it included a selection of Blake's poems, which it brought to the attention of the general public for the first time" (ODNB). Bentley 482. From the libraries of the poet Lionel Johnson (1867-1902), with his signature dated "London: 1891. 20, Fitzroy Street," and marginal note in pencil on page xlvi; and the bibliophile John Quinn (1870-1924), with his bookplate (lot 714 in his sale at Anderson Galleries, 12 November 1923).
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