Princeton University Press 1980 Hardcover Good Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Minor wear and fading on the boards. Foxing on the edges. Text and pictures are clear of markings and notations. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

ISBN10: 0691039542, ISBN13: 9780691039541, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Hardcover Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Minor wear and fading on the boards. Foxing on the edges. Text and pictures are clear of markings and notations. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 4.2
[Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1980]
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ISBN10: 0691039542, ISBN13: 9780691039541, [publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, first edition, 1980] Hardcover First Edition Cloth, 4to, 29 cm, xxii, 283 pp, frontispiece and 236 ills, facs. From the blurb - "Focusing on the role printmaking played in William Blake's development as an artist and poet, Robert Essick fosters a new understanding of the illuminated books and the ways in which their graphic techniques give a visual presence to Blake's concepts. More than two hundred illustrations provide a representative visual survey of the full range of Blake's graphic productions. As a discussion of Blake's attitudes toward conventional print technology and of the revolutionary graphic processes he invented, this book also constitutes a virtual history of eighteenth-century English printmaking. The author provides a wealth of new information on Blake's apprenticeship in reproductive engraving, on his graphic styles and techniques in both his original and copy prints, on the dating of his most important intaglio plates, on his theories of "appropriate form" in the graphic arts, and on the significance of printmaking imagery in his poems. In addition, he offers a thorough explanation of Blake's unique methods of relief etching based on a careful study of the original impressions and on his own experiments with Blake's techniques. Professor Essick concludes with a discussion of Blake's final graphic mast ...

4to in cloth with dust jacket. NF/VG. Dust jacket shows light wear and very shallow chipping at corners and top of spine in a like new Brodart clear protective sleeve. Book is in excellent condition with minimal wear. Name on ffep. Text and plates are clean. Ships well-packed in a box. Heavy book - international orders will require an additional shipping charge. Date: 1980. Princeton Univ Press ISBN 0691039542 9780691039541 [US]

Princeton University Press 1980 hardcover Good Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.