BLAIR, Robert (William Blake). The Grave, A Poem. (FIRST EDITION - 1808)

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AUTHOR: BLAIR, Robert (William Blake). 

TITLE: The Grave, A Poem.

PUBLISHER: London, T. Bensley, 1808.

DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 13-7/8" x 11-3/8", Frontispiece portrait, pictorial title page and 11 drawings by Blake, etched by Louis Schiavonetti, with the poem dedicated to the Queen by Blake, list of subscribers, and four-page prospectus for the Procession of Chaucer`s Pilgrims to Canterbury by Thomas Stothard at rear, complete.  Bound in early 1/4 dark brown calf, ribbed gilt decorated spine, panels tooled in blind, gilt lettered green morocco spine label.

CONDITION: Stain to 4 plates at fore-edges not affecting images, overall still a GOOD copy.