"THE UNDERTAKING AND THE DIFFICULTIES WERE ENORMOUS AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENT SPLENDID": KEYNES' IMPORTANT 1921 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM BLAKE

(BLAKE, William) KEYNES, Geoffrey. A Bibliography of Wiliam Blake. New York: Grolier Club, 1921. Thick quarto, original half navy morocco gilt, top edge gilt, uncut. $1400.

Limited first edition, one of 250 copies printed at the Chiswick Press, London for the esteemed Grolier Society of New York, with four color plates, 36 monochrome, and 12 in-text illustrations.

"Keynes massive and monumental bibliography vastly increased our knowledge and understanding of Blake. The undertaking and the difficulties were enormous and the accomplishment splendid… still of very great importance for independent judgements (Bentley, Blake Books 617A.) . Bookplates, including that of noted art and book collector Cortlandt Field Bishop. Bentley, Blake Books 688.

Faint scratch to front board. A beautiful copy in very nearly fine condition.