About this title: The nature of William Blake's genius and of his art is most completely expressed in his Illuminated books. In order to give full and free expression to his vision Blake invented a method of printing that enabled him to create works in which words and images combine to form pages uniquely rich in content and beautiful in form. It is only through ...
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Binding: Sheet music
Publisher: Fentone, Corby, UK
Date Published: 1983
Description: Near Fine with no dust jacket. Jerusalem was a William Blake poem set to music by C H H Parry (more commonly referred to as simply `H Parry`). It`s precise meaning is hotly disputed, though we do know that Blake wrote it as part of a larger piece dedicated to the poet Milton, a man of republican views who was a civil servant under the rule of Cromwell. However that may be, this adaptation is an arrangement by Alex Fletcher "for voice and piano with simplified piano part". There are 4 pages ... read more
Edition: 8 wide by 11 and a half inch tall.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780691029078ISBN:0691029075
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. a couple of minor dings on cover. inside new and untouched. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 302 p. Illuminated Books of William Blake, 1. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780691029078ISBN:0691029075
Description: Fine. No dust jacket. paperback, large format (11 1/2 x 8"), with near-new covers (tiny corner folds, slight edge curling), clean pages, binding tight as new and unread (clean page edge, uncreased spine). Illustrated throughout with Blake's full-color drawings. Note: Post Office Delivery Confirmation provided by e-mail to enable you to track your package. Book is shipped in a secure box and packaged in bubble wrap. read more
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