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William Blake's illustrations to Thornton's Pastorals of Virgil in Ambrose Phillips' [sic] imitation of Virgil's first eclogue, 1821 : enlarged fac-similes in platinotype from the scarce original edition / by Frederick H. Evans.

Accession number
PML 195218
Creator
Blake, William, 1757-1827.
Published
[London] : F.H. Evans, 1912.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2008.
Notes
"The original wood-blocks, designed and cut by Blake, measure three by one and three-eighths inches."
"Privately printed in 1912."
Seventeen ill. and text (17 numbered sections of Philips' imitation) are inset in leaves and appear facing each other.
"Issue limited to 25 copies."
Last leaf: "This copy is No 3. Frederick H. Evans 1912".
This copy measures 15 cm.
Description
[35] leaves : ill. ; 31 cm.
Binding
Maroon limp leather.
Classification
Department