Blake (William.- Gilchrist (Alexander) Life of William Blake..., 2 vol., original pictorial dark blue-green cloth, gilt, with designs after Blake, 1880.

Blake (William).- Gilchrist (Alexander) Life of William Blake..., A New and Enlarged Edition..., 2 vol., portrait frontispieces, plates and vignettes all on india paper and mounted, tissue guards, facsimile leaves printed in brown, light browning to half-titles, leather book-label of Haven O'More, handsome original pictorial dark blue-green cloth, gilt, with designs after Blake, uncut, very slightly rubbed but a very handsome set, 8vo, 1880.

⁂ The preferred edition of the classic and important biography of Blake. It was "of seminal importance in the creation of Blake's reputation in the nineteenth century. It occupies the key role in the reception history of Blake's work & his influence on other writers & artists."Blake Society online description