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The grave, : a poem. / By Robert Blair. ; Illustrated by twelve etchings executed from original designs. To which is added a life of the author.

Accession number: 
PML 145638
Author: 
Blair, Robert, 1699-1746.
Published: 
London: : Printed by T. Bensley ... for the proprietor, R. Ackermann ... and sold by Cadell & Davies, J. Johnson, T. Payne ... [and 5 others], 1813.
Description: 
[2], liv, 42 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. (engraving); 37 cm.
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes: 

Other booksellers from imprint: J. White, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, W. Miller, J. Murray, and Constable and Co. Edinburgh.
Added title page engraved and illustrated: The grave, a poem. Illustrated by twelve etchings executed by Louis Schiavonetti, from the original inventions of William Blake, 1808.
Frontispiece portrait of Blake engraved by Schiavonetti after the painting by T. Phillips.
Watermark on p. [i], xxv, xxxv, xlix, [1], 21, 29, Edmeads & Co., 1811.
"List of subscribers"--P. [iii]-[x].
Advertisement by R.H. Cromek and remarks on the designs by Henry Fuseli. Biographical sketches of Blair, Schiavonetti and Cromek.
"T. Bensley, Printer, Bolt Court, Fleet Street."--Colophon.
Collation: [a]² b⁴ c² d-h⁴ B-F⁴ G¹. 35.5 x 28.5 cm
Text on first page of poem measures 17.7 cm.

Binding: 
1/4 calf.
Provenance: 
E.D. Bacon (bookplate with crest); from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Department: 
Printed Books