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London: Trianon Press, [1951]. 4to, (6), ix text, and 100 color plates. Original blue cloth, folding box repaired, very good. � Limited to 516 copies, this is #351. The first of the magnificent series of facsimiles by the Trianon Press of Blake s illuminated books, edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Bentley, Blake Books, 78. Butlin noted in the Blake Quarterly: "The long list of color facsimiles produced by the Trianon Press under Arnold Fawcus for the William Blake Trust were above all objects of beauty, recreating as near to perfection as possible Blake s original achievements.".

About Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion

Considered Blake's masterpiece, it is a prophetic book addressing themes of visionary spirituality and social change.