"HOLD INFINITY IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND/ AND ETERNITY IN AN HOUR": TRIANON PRESS FACSIMILE OF BLAKE'S ILLUMINATED THE BOOK OF LOS

BLAKE, William. The Book of Los [facsimile]. (London: The Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, 1976). Folio, original half brown morocco, marbled boards. Housed in original marbled slipcase. $850.

Limited edition of the renowned Trianon Press facsimile of Blake's illuminated poem The Book of Los, number 171 of 480 copies (from a total edition of 538) on Arches paper, finely reproducing in color the five leaves of Blake's poem. Printed for The William Blake Trust from the single extant copy in the British Museum, with bibliographical note by Blake expert Geoffrey Keynes.

"The Book of Los was the first of two small books executed by Blake mainly as etchings on copper to be printed as ordinary intaglio plates. The Book of Ahania was the companion volume, issued in facsimile by the William Blake Trust in 1973. The title pages of both books were dated by Blake 1795, so that they were probably the last ones to be produced in his Lambeth house. Each book exists in only a single copy." This fine facsimile of Blake's etched and hand-colored The Book of Los from 1795 was made from the unique copy in the British Museum, printed on Arches paper made to match the paper Blake used. Bookplate.

Fine condition.