"An insightful glance into Blake's artistic method, theological outlook, and interpretive techniques... A treat for both the eyes and the mind." Transpositions 20130118 "The Crosby-Essick Genesis is both a splendid facsimile and an indispensable work of reference... Becoming familiar with it will be both a pleasure and a duty." Blake: An Illustrated Quarterly 20141020
William Blake - poet, printmaker, artist - drew inspiration from the Bible throughout his life. Shortly before his death in 1827, he began an illuminated manuscript of the "Book of Genesis", revisiting such key themes as creation, division, and forgiveness. Blake was also concerned with questions of biblical interpretation: his two depictions of the creation of Eve, for instance, demonstrate his engagement with theories of "Genesis" as a composite text. This landmark edition of Blake's "Genesis" provides the first full-size color reproduction of the Huntington Library's manuscript. Blake completed 11 pages of text decorated with pencil and watercolor designs, including two vibrantly colored title pages. Blake's unfinished pages offer rare insights into his process of composition, such as the way in which he conceived of and worked up his designs from preliminary sketches. Mark Crosby and Robert N. Essick's detailed critical commentary considers the way in which Blake read his "Genesis", Blake's relationship with patron John Linnell, and the iconography of Blake's designs and their relation to earlier works.
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Edition (Huntington, 2012). Green cloth boards with gilt stamped titles are bright and sturdy with damp stain at bottom corner. Binding tight. Text and illustrations clean and unmarked with no rips or creases. Damp stain in bottom corner (margins) of first dozen pages. Quick, secure shipping with free delivery confirmation from Los Angeles bookstore. Photos available upon request. International shipping may be extra due to weight. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 015682
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. Blake, William (illustrator). 1st. 58pp.incl.index; HB green w/gilt; slight rub w/lt.stain,bk,cover; clean,tight pgs. Illustrated transcription of Blake's manuscript with commentary. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 045066
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First edition thus. Large folio (17-1/2" x 12-3/4"). (8)pp. + 11 leaves of color facsimiles + 58pp. Index. Dark green cloth lettered in gilt. Some faint scratch marks on front cover, otherwise a fine copy. William Blake drew inspiration from the Bible throughout his life. Shortly before his death in 1827, he began an illuminated manuscript of the Book of Genesis, revisiting such key themes as creation, division, and forgiveness. This edition of Blake's Genesis provides a full-size reproduction of the Huntington Library's manuscript. (OCLC) Contents: 1: The manuscript -- William Blake's Genesis manuscript -- Transcription of Blake's Genesis manuscript -- Notes to the transcription -- Substantive differences between Blake's Genesis manuscript and the King James Bible -- 2: Commentary -- Foreword, by John Murdoch -- Blake's illuminated manuscript of Genesis / Robert R. Wark -- Commentary by the editors -- Blake and the Genesis tradition -- Blake's patron, John Linnell -- The manuscript -- Notes to the editor's commentary -- Index to part 2. (OCLC). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 51583
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