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Ambrose Philips. The Illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil with the First Eclogue and the Imitation. The Nonesuch Press, 1937.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: No. 492 of 1000 copies. Darkened and discolored cloth patterned boards. Edgewear. Spine in like condition. Heavy edge wear to spine extremities and joints. Splitting, tearing, lifting at joints and along hinges. Also affects small portion of upper edge of back panel closest to hinge with board exposure. Corners bumped and turned inward. Tanning to pastedowns and endpapers, text. Hinge splitting from top, visible between rear pastedown and endpaper (approx. 2.5 inches).17 plates present in rear pocket.

Seller: Friends of Poughkeepsie Library, Poughkeepsie, NY, U.S.A.

Philips, Ambrose. ILLUSTRATIONS OF WILLIAM BLAKE FOR THORNTON'S VIRGIL WITH THE FIRST ECLOGUE AND THE IMITATION.|THE. Nonesuch Press, London, 1937.

Price: US$120.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo. patterned cloth-covered boards. 38 pages, followed by 14 unnumbered pages of prints. Limited to 1,000 numbered copies printed at the Curwen Press. Folder of 17 electrotype block prints in pocket on rear pastedown. Spine slightly age-darkened. Very minor soiling to boards, else a near fine copy.

Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.

Ambrose Philips. The Illustrations Of William Blake For Thornton's Virgil With The First Eclogue And The Imitation. The Nonesuch Press,, London:, 1937.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: Very good+ in printed cloth covered boards with worn black text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 vy 5 3/4 inches with the spine tanned as are the upper edges of the boards. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of only 1,000 copies printed with this copy identified as number 839. 38 pages of text followed by 9 pages of images of Blake's wood engravings. Laid-in at the rear of the book is an extra suite of plates containing 17 images by Blake.

Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.

. The Illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil -- With the First Eclogue and the Imitation by Ambrose Philips. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1937.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: A crisp, lovely example of the 1937 1st edition, this being #25 of 1,000 copies issued. Clean, tight and Near Fine in its decorative, patterned boards. Thin octavo, deckled edges, Introduction by the estimable Geoffrey Keynes. Also includes the publisher's booklet, tucked in at the rear pastedown, which contains the 17 (complete) illustrated sheets and a former-owner laid-in card demonstrating that this copy belonged at one point to Maggs Bros. of London.

Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.

BLAKE, William ~(Geoffrey KEYNES, ed.). The Illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil with the First Eclogue and the Imitation By Ambrose Philips. Nonesuch Press, 1937.

Price: US$162.44 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1st Limited and Numbered Edition. Beige patterened boards, 52pp. No.148 of limited run of 1000. Includes reproductions of wood engravings on separate sheets in grey folder, in pocket on rear pastedown, as published. , signs of label removedfrom the back of the title page, top of spine slightly worn,

Seller: R.E & G.B Way, NEWMARKET, SUFFO, United Kingdom

Philips, Ambrose. THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF WILLIAM BLAKE FOR THORNTON'S VIRGIL With the First Eclogue and the Imitation.. Nonesuch Press, London, 1937.

Price: US$168.75 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 8vo; 52 pages; Very light wear to the covers. Small booksellers label partially removed on front free endpaper. Copy #426 of 1000.

Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.

William Blake. The Illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil with the First Eclogue and the Imitation by Ambrose Philips. Nonesuch Press, 1937.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Limited to 1000 numbered copies, this no. 474; Tight binding; Cloth boards show moderate wear from age w/ water damage present, cloth loose at spine, spin edges frayed; Previous owner name (in pencil) present at front free end-page, pages otherwise unmarked; Folder w/ extra suite of 17 electrotypes present in rear pocket, these are VG+; A nice copy, not without wear, a rare edition.

Seller: A Cappella Books, Inc., Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.

Philips, Ambrose (Introduction By Geoffrey Keynes). Blake's Illustrations For Thornton's Virgil: William Blake's Wood-Engravings. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1937.

Price: US$292.40 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Cream cloth decorated boards in protective wrapper. PP.52. Limited Edition No: 564 of 1000 copies printed at The Curwen Press. 'The Illustrations Of William Blake For Thornton's Virgil With The First Eclogue And The Imitation By Ambrose Philips', with Blake's illustrations. Including: Proofs Of Eight Of Blake's Blocks In Their Original State. Sixteen Of Blake's Pencil Designs For The Wood-Engravings. Inserted into a pocket at the rear of the book in a blue paper folder are 17 wood-engravings taken direct from electrotypes of the wood blocks and printed on Japon paper. "The beauty of his work as it is now revealed for the first time". Book and prints are all in exceptionally fine condition. As new.

Seller: Lott Rare Books, Banstead, SRY, United Kingdom

[Nonesuch Press]. [BLAKE, William]. The Illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil, with the First Eclogue and the Imitation by Ambrose Philips. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1937.

Price: US$302.35 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: London, The Nonesuch Press, 1937 (first thus). Octavo, 52 pages with numerous illustrations, plus a folder containing an additional suite of 17 loose plates in an endpocket. Original patterned cloth lettered in brown on the spine; all edges uncut; top edge lightly foxed; an excellent copy with the plain glassine dustwrapper chipped and torn with minor loss. Number 552 of 1000 copies printed at the Curwen Press. '[Robert] Thornton had published his school edition of Virgil in 1812, with a second edition printed in 1819. This included not only Virgil's Latin verses but also "imitations" of Virgilian poetry by other authors. One of these was Ambrose Phillips, who had written an imitation of Virgil's first Eclogue (or pastoral poem composed in the form of a dialogue). Blake was commissioned to illustrate Phillips's verses for the expanded third edition of Thornton's Virgil for which he provided seventeen wood-engraved designs' (National Gallery of Victoria website). This curious publication charts the history of these illustrations. It reproduces the suite of 17 wood engravings as they appeared in the published work, three wood engravings after Blake's designs cut by a journeyman engraver, eight proofs printed before the blocks were cut down by the publisher, and 16 preliminary drawings; the additional suite of loose plates is printed from electrotypes taken directly Blake's original blocks. The informative introduction is by Geoffrey Keynes.

Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia

William Blake; Geoffrey Keynes [ed.]. The Illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil with the First Eclogue and the Imitation by Ambrose Philips. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1937.

Price: US$318.39 + shipping

Description: A beautifully illustrated limited edition copy of William Blake's illustrations for Robert John Thornton's edition of 'Virgil'. A Limited Edition, printed at the Curwen press. This copy is numbered 761 of 1000 copies produced.With a detailed introduction from Geoffrey Keynes.A fascinating work, which looks at the illustrations of English print-maker and seminal figure in the field of visual arts, William Blake. With Thornton's 'First Eclogue' printed to accompany the images. Illustrated with eight proofs of Blake's blocks in their original state, sixteen of Blake's designs for the wood-engravings, and with seventeen electrotypes from Blake's original etchings printed on separate leaves in a blue folder inserted in rear pocket, and printed on Japon vellum.Collated, complete.With a contemporary inscription, dated 26.2.38, to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth covered boards. Light discolouration to back strip, with bumping to spine head and tail. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

BLAKE, William - [NONESUCH PRESS]. The Illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil with the First Eclogue and the Imitation by Ambrose Philips. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1937.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Description: (9 1/8 x 5 5/8 inches). 36pp. Illustrations throughout. Folder with extra suite of 17 electrotypes in rear pocket. Publisher's patterned cloth boards. Limited to 1000 numbered copies, this no. 691, printed by the Curwen Press from design by Meynell. This fascinating work looks at the illustrations of the iconic English poet, painter, and figure in the field of visual arts, William Blake. "17 wood engravings by Blake and 3 designed by him and cut by a journey engraver, 8 of the egravings also reproduced from Blake's original proofs, all printed from line blocks. 16 drawings for the engravings reproduced in collotype" (Dreyfus). Dreyfus 110.

Seller: Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, U.S.A.

William Blake; Ambrose Philips; Geoffrey Keynes (intro.). The illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil: With the first Eclogue and the Imitation By Ambrose Philips. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1937.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: In patterned pastepaper covered boards, printed title label to spine, 8vo, 38pp + proofs of Blake's blocks in their original state and sixteen of Blake's designs for the wood-engravings. No. 809 of a limited edition of 1000 copies printed at the Curwen Press. Notable for 17 prints (electrotyped from the original etchings) laid-in a folder at the rear of the book. a near fine copy with minimal light surface wear, and slight toning to edges). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"

Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.

. The Illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil with the First Eclogue and the Imitation by Ambrose Philips. The Introduction by Geoffrey Keynes. Nonesuch Press, London, 1937.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Description: Blake, William. One of 1000 copies, printed at the Curwen Press, this copy marked "out of series". Illustrated with Blakes's wood engravings. 36 pp., printed on rectos only. 1 vols. 8vo. "17 wood engravings by Blake and 3 designed by him and cut by a journey engraver, 8 of the egravings also reproduced from Blake's original proofs, all printed from line blocks. 16 drawings for the engravings reproduced in collotype." - Dreyfus. Dreyfus 110 White cloth with Italianate pattern in grey. With 17 electrotypes of the engravings printed on separate leaves in a blue folder inserted in rear pocket. Book label of Chicago collector Harry Hansen loosely inserted. Fine copy with original plain glassine wrapper Illustrated with Blakes's wood engravings. 36 pp., printed on rectos only. 1 vols. 8vo One of 1000 copies, printed at the Curwen Press, this copy marked "out of series".

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Blake, William & Geoffrey Keynes (intro by). BLAKE'S ILLUSTRATIONS TO THORNTON'S VIRGIL. London, Nonesuch, 1937.

Price: US$525.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 8vo, patterend boards, an about fine copy, 137/1000, period bookplate dated in pencil 1937 on reverse of front boards, booklet in pocket.(VVclt2/2)

Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.