BOOK
[P]oetical sketches / by William Blake ; [with decorations designed and cut on the wood by Charles Ricketts].
- Date
- 1899
- By
- Blake, William, 1757-1827; Ricketts, Charles S., 1866-1931; Palmer, Hubert Greville; Vale Press; Ballantyne Press; Arnold & Foster
- Notes
With a half title.
'P' in title appears as an illustration with intertwined leaf motif.
Imprint from colophon.
"With decorations designed and cut on the wood by Charles Ricketts, under whose supervision the book has been printed at the Ballantyne Press"--Colophon.
"Two hundred and ten copies printed at twelve shillings and sixpence. Eight copies on vellum"--A bibl. of the books issued by Hacon and Ricketts / C.S. Ricketts. 1904. p. xxv.
Title page and p. [v] within decorated border; t.p. with wood engraved illustration; decorated initials.
Typography, Vale Press; paper watermarked 'VP' and 'Unbleached Arnold', handmade laid pattern paper.
Binding: blue paper boards, plain paper labels on front cover and spine lettered in black and decorated with printer's ornaments. Untrimmed fore and bottom edges.
Illustrated title page Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand, 2006
Watry, M. Vale Press, B22
Provenance: armorial bookplate of Hubert Greville Palmer; purchased by Alexander Turnbull Library from John Windle, Antiquarian Bookseller, 2005. Acc. 343142.
Digital image available: Illustrated title page, Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy. Details on request from Curator, Special Printed Collections.
- Source URL
- Illustrated title page https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3338484
- Related to
- Digital Collection = Kohinga Matihiko 81268192800002836 Alma Collection
- Other Titles
- Poetical sketches
- Publisher
- London : Sold by Messrs. Hacon & Ricketts at the sign of the Dial ..., M.D.CCC.XCIX [1899]
- Format
- xciii, [3] p. (p. [1,3] final set blank) : ill. ; 21 cm.
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