1957 · Boston
by Willard, Helen D. (Author), Wick, Peter A. (Editor).
8vo. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1957. 8vo, (10), (50, including 33 illustrations of the holdings on display), pp. Lightly thumbed, wrappers toned with some spotting on the lower panel, good. § “Nine drawings for Paradise Lost, accompanied by a verse for each one; Eight drawings for the masque, Comus, accompanied by stage directions and script; Seven drawings of characters from Shakespeare's plays; and Nine drawings by the visionary Blake to illuminate his prophecy on the Scriptures.” Nicely printed by Meriden Gravure. Bentley, BB, 414: “only cursorily described”. (Inventory #: 110835)