The Poems of Thomas Gray; With Watercolour Illustrations by William Blake
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Published in 2013 - Poems of Thomas Gray, The; With Watercolour Illustrations by William Blake.
(2v.). Facsimile printed on Modigliani Insize Candido paper and 1/4 bound in leather with cloth sides blocked with a gilded design and inset leather label, 116 watercolours, 120pp. Commentary volume by Irene Tayler, bound in grey cloth, 224pp. Both in a brown buckram solander box with a gold printed leather label. 46.5x36x7.8cm. 1000 copies.
From the Limitation Page
This facsimile edition of poems of Thomas Gray has been reproduced from the originals held at teh Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Conecticut, USA, by Dot Gradations, Wickford, Essex, and printed by Appl, Padvoa, Italy, in Nigerian goatskin leather with cloth sides printed and blocked with a design by David Eccles based on William Blake's original drawing; the endleaves are of Curious Metallics gold leaf backed with Nettuno Carruba. The edition consists of 1000 numbered copies for sale to members of The Folio Society and 20 lettered copies which are not for sale.
This is copy number: 412
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