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Europe is the second of Blake's great illuminated books concerning the revolutionary spirit of his age. Rather than examining the New World, this Continental Prophecy looks eastward to consider cultures subjected to the strictures of authority embodied by Urizen, who, despite his appearance, represents tyranny. The frontispiece depicting Urizen dividing the deep with a compass is one of Blake's best–known images. It also exists as a separate print called The Ancient of Days. The Morgan's…

The First Book of Urizen, The Book of Los, and The Book of Ahania constitute an unorthodox rewriting of the Pentateuch. This mythic transformation of the Jewish and Christian Scriptures offers many perspectives, but to highlight the biblical relationships, Blake designed the leaves to contain two columns of text. The work exemplifies his own radical spirit. A total of eight copies exist; this copy is one of only two containing the complete series of twenty-eight plates.

“The eternal loom spins the immaculate word. The word forms the pulp and sinew of innocence… William Blake never let go of the loom’s golden skein… He was the loom’s loom, spinnin…

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William Blake(1757-1827), America: A Prophecy, Lambeth: Printed by William Blake, 1793, PML 16134

William Blake (1757-1827), The First Book of Urizen, plate 16, PML 63139

The First Book of Urizen, The Book of Los, and The Book of Ahania constitute an unorthodox rewriting of the Pentateuch. This mythic transformation of the Jewish and Christian Scriptures offers many perspectives, but to highlight the biblical relationships, Blake designed the leaves to contain two columns of text. The work exemplifies his own radical spirit. A total of eight copies exist; this copy is one of only two containing the complete series of twenty-eight plates.

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William Blake (1757-1827), The First Book of Urizen, plate 11, PML 63139

This is an original 1863 monochrome photolithograph of an illustrated poem by William Blake entitled The Divine Image.CONDITIONThis 149+ year old Item is rated Near Mint / Very Fine. Light aging throughout. No creases. No natural defects. No surface rub. No tears. No water damage. Product Type: Orig. Photolithograph; M

William Blake (1757-1827), Europe: A Prophecy, plate 4v, Copy G, printed 1794, PML 77235

“The mind is its own place, and in it self / Can make a Heav’n of Hell, a Hell of Heav’n.”