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London: Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust, 1974. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. Blake, William. One of the 32 copies bound in full morocco, with extra proofs and stencil, folio size, unpaginated. Poet, printer, artist and prophet William Blake (1757-1827) is arguably the most original and highly-regarded English authors of all time. Although thought mad by his contemporaries, he was also held in high regard for his expressiveness and for the synthesis of philosophical and mystical senses within his work. Blake’s "Jerusalem" has been spectacularly reproduced through the pochoir technique by Arnold Fawcus and his Trianon Press, which has an undeniable claim to being the finest press of its kind in the last century and has long been known for their unrivaled artworks in fine colour printing. "Jerusalem" is Blake's longest prophetic book, with 100 plates that were completed in 1820, 33 of which are reproduced in this volume. Its…

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