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America : A Prophesy / William Blake
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FA.B98.1519
19 unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 33 cm
2011
Originally published : Lambeth, Printed by William Blake, 1793. "The final image, with Blake's corrections, was possibly intended for inclusion between plates 10 and 11 but was not included in published copies."--Colophon. "This book has been printed at Plum Letterpress from relief plates in imitation of Blake's original method, including some variation in ink colour and plate tone."--Colophon. ;"100 numbered copies and 10 copies lettered A-J on Magnani Velata Avorio, bound in Moulin de Larroque covers."--Colophon. This copy is numbered 42.;"America: a prophesy has been reprinted in conjunction with the exhibition and catalogue The silent scream: political and social comment in books by artists, a collaboration between the Bibliotheca Librorum apud Artificem and the Rare Books Department at the Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University, Melbourne."--Colophon.