Blunt, Anthony — The Art of William Blake

New York, Icon Editions, by Harper & Row, 1974. . Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. No. 12 of the "Bampton Lectures in America" series, this lecture having been delivered at Columbia University in 1959Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers, light sunning of them, less to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Glossy pictorial covers. 122 pp. and with publisher's then-updated list of publications. A fine and access artist biography, a learned disquisition about his obsession with illuminated books, and then with a list of the subjects of biblical paintings executed by Blake for William Butts, followed by a range of black-and-white plates, a bibliography and an index.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good