BLAKE, WILLIAM. 1757-1827., BLAIR, ROBERT. 1699-1746.

The Grave, a Poem ... Illustrated by Twelve Etchings Executed from Original Designs. London: T. Bensley, 1808.

BLAIR, ROBERT. 1699-1746. The Grave, a Poem ... Illustrated by Twelve Etchings Executed from Original Designs. London: T. Bensley, 1808.
Large 4to (350 x 287 mm). xiv, 36, [4, publisher's prospectus] pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Blake by L. Schiavonetti after T. Phillips, etched title and 11 plates by Schiavonetti after Blake. Modern full red morocco, old tape reinforcement at gutter of title, plates foxed.
Provenance: Purchased from Duschnes (bookticket).

FIRST EDITION, quarto issue. Includes Blake's poem "To the Queen," subscribers' list, and four-page prospectus for Stothard's Procession of Chaucer's Pilgrims to Canterbury. Bentley & Nurmi 350B; Keynes 81; Ray England 6