Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Blake, William, 1757-1827

Title:

Blake's pencil drawings : second series / edited by Geoffrey Keynes for the Nonesuch Press.

Alternate Title(s):

Pencil drawings

Published / Created:

London : Nonesuch Press, 1956.

Physical Description:

xi, [115] pages, [56] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm

Holdings:

Reference Library
NJ18.B57 A12 1956 (LC)+ Oversize

Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC1115.B72 K49 1956+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

"This book has been printed, on Dutch mould-made paper, and bound in Holland: the pictures by L. van Leer and Company, the text by Drukkerij Meijer, Wormerveer, and the binding by J. Brandt & Zoon. The edition is limited to 1440 copies for sale in the United Kingdom by The Nonesuch Press and in Canada and the United States by Max Reinhardt (Canada) Limited, Toronto."--Colophon.

"Printed in Holland."

"The reproduction of each drawing is accompanied by a brief commentary, with a statement of the size ... and its present location"--p. xi.

Dreyfus, J. History of the Nonesuch Press, 126

BAC: British Art Center is no. 356 of 1440. Bound in original maroon cloth; with dust jacket.

Subject Terms:

Blake, William, 1757–1827. | Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.

Form/Genre:

Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London. | Book jackets.

Contributors:

Keynes, Geoffrey, 1887–1982, editor. | Nonesuch Press, publisher.