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Songs of innocence
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William Blake
Language
English
Pages
31

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Table of Contents

[1] Title-page of Songs of innocence
[2] Frontispiece of Songs of innocence
[3] Introduction to Songs of innocence
[4 & 5] The ecchoing green
[6 & 7] The little black boy
[8] The blossom
[9] Nurses song [for Songs of innocence]
[10] Laughing song [11] The chimney sweeper [for Songs of innocence]
[12] Infant joy
[13] The lamb
[14] The little boy lost
[15] The little boy found
[16 & 17] Night
[18] The school boy
[19] On anothers sorrow
[20 & 21] A cradle song
[22] The divine image
[23] Holy Thursday [for Songs of innocence]
[24 & 25] Spring
[26] The voice of the ancient bard
[27] A dream
[28] The shepherd
[29 & 30] The little girl lost
[30 & 31] The little girl found.

Edition Notes

Unique copy.

Wholly engraved.

Plates produced through Blake's own process of relief etching in 1789. Printed in 1789. "This is probably the first copy of Songs of Innocence Blake printed."-- The William Blake archive. Acquired by Robert Balmanno, who probably had it bound ca. 1818 with "A descriptive catalogue of pictures ... painted by William Blake (1809) and Chaucer's Prologue ( 1812). Disbound, with binding preserved. For complete provenance, see Bentley (p. 411), The William Blake archive.

Watermark: J. Whatman; printed in black ink; uncolored; no etched numbers, no penned numbers.

The plates are in Keynes order.

William Blake archive (online, viewed July 15, 2014), Songs of innocence (1789): electronic edition, copy U http://www.blakearchive.org/exist/blake/archive/work.xq?workid=s-inn&java=no

Keynes, G. Bib. of William Blake, 34, copy U

Keynes & Wolf. William Blake's illuminated books, Songs of innocence, copy U

Bentley, G.E. Blake books, 139 (p. 364-432), Songs of innocence, copy U

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Pagination
[31] leaves
Number of pages
31

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Open Library
OL43198529M
OCLC/WorldCat
882574190

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