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First edition, first printing. No. II of 36 copies signed by Keynes. Limited to an edition of 562 copies of which numbers I-XXXVI are bound in full morocco and 1-500 in quarter morocco. 26 copies reserved for the publisher. Keynes (1887-1982) was an academic, biographer, and the younger brother of John Maynard Keynes. He was a world authority on Blake, and was instrumental in the production of the Trianon facsimiles, writing the accompanying bibliographical texts and contributing material from his own collection. Octavo. Original full brown morocco, titles to spine gilt. Printed on Lana rag paper. With the original brown morocco entry, grey cloth slipcase. Frontispiece and many plates reproducing original illustrations by the Blakes. All in fine condition.

This book is a comprehensive collection of the literary and artistic works of William Blake, an English poet, painter, and printmaker who is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His prophetic poetry has been said to form 'what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language.'