Thirteen watercolor drawings by William Blake illustrating Paradise lost by John Milton /
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| Language: | English |
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San Francisco :
The Arion Press,
2004.
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| Item Description: | "The first facsimiles printed at full scale in full color from the original works [pen and watercolor] in the collection of the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California". Plates 1-12 are from the smaller paintings, approximately 1807; plate 13 is reproduced from the larger series of paintings, dated approximately 1806-1808. "This is the sixty-ninth publication of the Arion Press, supplementing the sixty-fourth, Paradise Lost ... The edition is published on demand and is limited to no more than the edition of the book [i.e. 426 copies] ... Proofing and printing were done at Arion Press on an Epson 4000 inkjet printer. The paper for the facsimiles is Somerset Photo Enhanced ... The gray paper for the text is Curtis Laid Cover. The type is Baskerville, printed by letterpress. The publication was edited and produced by Andrew Hoyem with the assistance of Charles Martin ..., Blake Riley ..., Gerald Reddan, Lewis Mitchell, Peter Stoelzl, Christopher Chen, Kenneth Howard, Flannery Bateman, David Eakle, Laura Heyenga, and Diana Ketcham."--Colophon. The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy is number "R". Purchased with Paradise lost (Arion Press, 2002) for the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive by The Cushing Library. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 portfolio (30 unnumbered leaves) : 13 color facsimiles ; 57 cm. |
| Related Items: | The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive. |