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BLAKE, William, illustrator]. HAYLEY, William (1745-1820). The Triumphs of Temper. A poem... twelfth edition, corrected . Chichester: J. Seagrave for T. Cadell and W. Davies of London, 1803. 8vo (231 x 140 mm). 6 engraved plates by William Blake after Maria Flaxman. (Lacking the half-title, occasional light spotting.) Contemporary tan calf gilt, edges gilt. Provenance : Benjamin ? (ownership inscription dated 1806 on title-page partially effaced); Wilfred Merton (1888-1957), British collector and publisher (bookplate dated 1924); D.H.P. (monogram bookplate). First edition, large paper copy , produced at a time of great financial difficulty for Blake, who received ten guineas for each plate from his patron Hayley. Bentley 471; Keynes 125. – HAYLEY, William. Ballads . Chichester. J. Seagrave for Richard Phillips 1805. 8vo (158 x 95 mm). Half-title. 2 (of 5) engraved plates by William Blake (Lacking "The Dog," "The Lion," and "The Horse" plates, stained.) Contemporary calf (rebacked and recornered). Provenance : "Novus Si Renovatus" blind-stamp. First edition . Bentley 465. – MALKIN, Benjamin Heath. A Father's Memoirs of his child . London: T. Bensley for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806. Large 8vo (252 x 151 mm). Half-title. Engraved frontispiece by Cromek after Blake, 3 plates, one folding. (Light soiling to outer margins of some uncut leaves.) Original boards (rebacked, hinges reinforced, somewhat soiled, bumped and scuffed); cloth slipcase. Provenance : Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Esq. (gift inscription from Lord Forbes on cover); D.P. (monogram bookplate). Large uncut copy of the first edition . Bentley 482.
BLAKE, William, illustrator]. HAYLEY, William (1745-1820). The Triumphs of Temper. A poem... twelfth edition, corrected . Chichester: J. Seagrave for T. Cadell and W. Davies of London, 1803. 8vo (231 x 140 mm). 6 engraved plates by William Blake after Maria Flaxman. (Lacking the half-title, occasional light spotting.) Contemporary tan calf gilt, edges gilt. Provenance : Benjamin ? (ownership inscription dated 1806 on title-page partially effaced); Wilfred Merton (1888-1957), British collector and publisher (bookplate dated 1924); D.H.P. (monogram bookplate). First edition, large paper copy , produced at a time of great financial difficulty for Blake, who received ten guineas for each plate from his patron Hayley. Bentley 471; Keynes 125. – HAYLEY, William. Ballads . Chichester. J. Seagrave for Richard Phillips 1805. 8vo (158 x 95 mm). Half-title. 2 (of 5) engraved plates by William Blake (Lacking "The Dog," "The Lion," and "The Horse" plates, stained.) Contemporary calf (rebacked and recornered). Provenance : "Novus Si Renovatus" blind-stamp. First edition . Bentley 465. – MALKIN, Benjamin Heath. A Father's Memoirs of his child . London: T. Bensley for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806. Large 8vo (252 x 151 mm). Half-title. Engraved frontispiece by Cromek after Blake, 3 plates, one folding. (Light soiling to outer margins of some uncut leaves.) Original boards (rebacked, hinges reinforced, somewhat soiled, bumped and scuffed); cloth slipcase. Provenance : Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Esq. (gift inscription from Lord Forbes on cover); D.P. (monogram bookplate). Large uncut copy of the first edition . Bentley 482.