Limited Edition Book

Illustrations of the Book of Job. The Engravings and related material with Essays, Catalogue of States and printings, Commentary on the Plates & Documentary Record by David Bindman. Large Folio, 6 volumes, housed in two slipcases, the first housing the text volume, and a portfolio of plates, including all 21 plates in several states, 21 fascicules, and the plate-by-plate commentary; the second slipcase housing The Colour Versions of the Book of Job, and three separate volumes of illustrations, all bound in quarter-morocco with marbled paper covered boards, with solander boxes fitted inside each slipcase, printed on Arches pure rag paper. Published by the Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, 1987. This particular copy is enhanced for being accompanied with the rarely found two 1987 Prospectuses with the specimen plates inside, 4 additional colour plates, the original order forms, a compliments slip from the William Blake Trust, a small envelope; all loosely inserted in the original William Blake Trust envelope. A wonderful production of this impressive and important work. The condition is near fine; a slight crease to one page in the text volume, the prospectuses slightly creased, some very minimal wear to the slipcases, two small marks to the top edge of one of the solander boxes. The finest William Blake production by Arnold Fawcus and the Trianon Press, who, starting in 1950, produced the famous series of Blake facsimiles. The plates for this work were printed around 1974, but remained unassembled until 1987, when the sheets were bound up in the present form by Smith Settle of Otley, Yorkshire. A total of 392 copies of this limited edition were produced (although only 387 are in the limitation statement): This copy is Number 23 of 250 copies from the limitation; there were also 115 Roman numeral copies, some of which were reserved for the William Blake Trust, however there was no difference in the content or presentation, though there were 22 lettered copies specially bound with additional material.