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19 “And Jesus cried Aloud And sAid: fAther in to thy
hAnds i commend my spirit. And When he hAd so sAid, he gAve up the ghost”
19. [COVERDALE BIBLE]. A leaf from the first edition of the first complete bible in english, the coverdale bible 1535. With an historical introduction by Allen p. Wikgren and a census of copies recorded in the british isles and north America. San Francisco: the Book Club of California. 1974.
£3,500
folio. original red cloth with reproductions of woodcuts from the coverdale bible on the upper cover, black cloth spine lettered in gilt, with plain worn dust-jacket; portrait of coverdale after thomas trotter, reproductions of the general title and part-titles from the original edition, folding map, and an original leaf from the 1535 edition; a very nice copy.
limited to 425 copies, all with a leaf from the original edition. the leaf in this copy is the gospel of luke chapters XXiX-XXX, including the text of the crucifiction, the resurrection and christ’s reappearance to the Apostles.
20. BLAKE, William. William blake’s illustrations to the bible. Trianon Press. 1957.
£998
folio, original morocco backed marbled paper covered boards, With 9 colour plates and 156 illustrations. extremities slightly rubbed, bookplate, otherwise a near fine copy.
limited edition of 506 numbered copies. the catalogue was compiled by geoffrey keynes and comprises virtually every biblical painting by blake in existence.
21. BLAKE, William. Water-colour designs for the poems of thomas gray. London, Trianon Press, 1972.
£1,950
folio. (440 x 335mm.). three volumes bound in quarter morocco over marbled boards, gilt lettered spines, each volume preserved in a marbled paper covered slipcase; [82]pp.; [126]pp.; [24] + xviii + [2] + 28 + [4]pp., the three volumes illustrated throughout with superb hand-coloured, stencilled plates printed on one side of each leaf; a fine copy.
one of 352 copies numbered 37 to 388 from a total edition of 518 copies. this copy numbered 55.
22. BLAKE, William. Jerusalem. Trianon Press, 1974. £1,400
folio. original full brown morocco, marbled paper and morocco slipcase; 25 colour plates, 8 proofs, and commentary at the end, eight color facsimile trial proofs, twelve pages of text plus an extra suite of fourteen states of plate nineteen with a matching guide-sheet and stencil; mint.
onr of 32 de luxe copies. this copy numbered numbered Xvii. this is the facsimile of lord cunliffe’s copy and kerrison preston’s proofs.
Bentley, Blake Books, A82.
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