“ON THESE HIS HIGHEST CLAIM AS AN ARTIST RESTS”
(BLAKE, William). Illustrations of the Book of Job. London and New York: J.M. Dent; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1902. Folio, original half cloth and stiff wrappers with printed paper label, custom slipcase. $750.
Facsimile edition of William Blake’s “supreme masterpieces of graphic art” (Ray 8), his 22 interpretive illustrations for Job, one of 1000 copies produced.
"Amid increasing poverty and neglect, [Blake] executed and engraved… those sublime 'Inventions to the Book of Job' on which his highest claim as an artist rests" (DNB). Blake's illustrations were first published in 1825. Bookplate.
Scattered foxing to plate margins, slight wear to foot of spine.