[Rarebooks] FS: Blake's 12 engravings for "The Grave" from the orig. copper plates

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Blake, William. TWELVE DESIGNS FOR “THE GRAVE” by Robert Blair, Now First 
Separately Printed from the Original Plates in the Possession of an American 
Collector. New York: The Phoenix Press. 1926. Folio (16” x 13”). (8)pp. Plus 13 
engraved plates (the first is a portrait of Blake by T. Phillips and engraved 
by L. Schiavonetti first printed in 1813). Edition limited to 110 numbered 
sets. Loosely housed in a brown cloth over boards (stamped in gilt) portfolio 
with ribbon tie. Some fraying of the cloth spine, otherwise fine.     $450.00 
(trade discount allowed)
The introduction reads, “the engravings contained in this portfolio are 
printed separately for the first time.”

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