A Treatise of Zodiacal Physiognomy, illustrated with engravings of heads and features. Single plate: 10 Zodiac profiles

  • 1828
By Varley, John; Blake, William
1828. London: for the author and sold by Longman, 1828.

Single plate by William Blake, cleaned by Court Benson. Framed.

§ From the first (and only) edition of this elusive Blake item. Includes Blake's figure of the constellation 'Cancer', which may be a caricature self-portrait of Blake himself. Keynes 248: 'extremely rare'. Bentley, Blake Books, 501.

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Title

A Treatise of Zodiacal Physiognomy, illustrated with engravings of heads and features. Single plate: 10 Zodiac profiles

Author

Varley, John; Blake, William

Condition

Unknown

Date

1828


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