CATALOGUES
including those of Blake

These items are in the E.J. Pratt Library. To find a Blake item quickly in University of Toronto Catalogue, search on the Blake number;  for example, enter "blake no 3" (including the quotes) to find item 3.  "blake suppl no 5" will find the supplement item of that number.

   
Blake No. 1790
1 Shakspeare Gallery.   A │ CATALOGUE │ OF │ THE PICTURES, &c. │ IN THE │ SHAKSPEARE GALLERY. │ PALL-MALL. │ - │ LONDON: │ PRINTED BY H. BALDWIN; │ AND SOLD AT THE PLACE OF EXHIBITION. │ M DCC CX [1790].
8°, in original stabbed paper, no covers.
  1791 March 26 + 5 days
2 Edwards, JamesBIBLIOTHECA PARISIANA. │ A │ CATALOGUE │ OF │ A COLLECTION OF BOOKS, │ FORMED BY │ A GENTLEMAN IN FRANCE, │ Not less conspicuous for his Taste in distinguishing, than for │ his Zeal in acquiring, whatever, of this Kind, was most │ perfect, curious, or scarce. │ IT INCLUDES │ MANY FIRST EDITIONS OF THE CLASSICKS; │ BOOKS MAGNIFICENTLY PRINTED ON VELLUM, WITH │ ILLUMINATED PAINTINGS; │ MANUSCRIPTS ON VELLUM, EMBELLISHED WITH RICH │ MINIATURES; │ BOOKS OF NATURAL HISTORY, WITH THE SUBJECTS │ COLOURED IN THE BEST MANNER, OR WITH │ THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS; │ AND │ BOOKS OF THE GREATEST SPLENDOUR AND RARENESS IN │ THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF LITERATURE. │ To these are added, from another GRAND COLLECTION, │ selected Articles of high Value. │ The Whole are in the finest Condition, and in BINDINGS │ superlatively rich. │ THEY WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION, │ IN LONDON, │ On MONDAY the 26th of MARCH, 1791, │ And the FIVE DAYS following, │ To be viewed the Week preceding. CATALOGUES to be had of Mr. EDWARDS, No. 103, Pall Mall, │ London; of Mr. LAURENT, Rue de la Harp, Paris; and of the │ principal Booksellers throughout Europe.
In original pink boards, untrimmed, with half-title; colophon (p. 164): "FROM THE PREESS [sic] OF J. COOPER, No. 31, BOW STREET, │ COVENT GARDEN." No auctioneer is named. The first fly-leaf is annotated: "Lib of Jean Baptiste Paris de Meyzieu".
  1794
3 NEW SHAKSPEARE GALLERY, │ No 88, PALL-MALL. │ = │ SUBSCRIPTIONS │ FOR PROOF-PRINTS ONLY. │ = │ CATALOGUE │ OF │ ORIGINAL PICTURES │ FROM │ SHAKSPEARE, │ BY THE FIRST MASTERS. │ = │ LONDON: │ PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETORS. │ M DCC XCIV [1794]. │ = │ Admittance, ONE SHILLING, │ *** Open from ELEVEN to FOUR.
8°, 18 pages plus title page, in modern covers.
  1796
4 Shakspeare Gallery.  A │ CATALOGUE │ OF │ THE PICTURES, &c. │ IN THE │ SHAKSPEARE GALLERY, PALL-MALL. │ = │ LONDON: │ PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETORS, │ AND SOLD AT THE PLACE OF EXHIBITION. │ M,DCC,XCVI [1796].
In ½ calf. After Finis is an entry for Smirke's Seven Ages of Man, followed by an advertisement for Boydell's edition of Farington's Picturesque Views and Scenery of the Thames and the Severn; on the verso is an ad, dated 1 January 1797, beginning with Poetical Works of Milton and ending with an Index of the Shakspeare Gallery.
  1796
5 Daulby, Daniel.  A  │ DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE │ OF THE │ WORKS │ OF │ REMBRANDT, │ AND OF HIS │ SCHOLARS │ BOL. LIVENS, and VAN VLIET, │ COMPILED FROM │ THE ORIGINAL ETCHINGS, │ AND FROM │ THE CATALOGUES │ OF DE BURGY, GERSAINT, HELLE AND GLOMY │ MARCUSE, AND YVER. │ - │ BY DANIEL DAULBY. │ - │ PRINTED BY J. M'CREERY, │ AND SOLD BY J. EDWARDS, PALL MALL, AND CADELL AND │ DAVIES, IN THE STRAND, LONDON. │ = │ 1796
8°, in full but fragile tree calf; with the armorial book-plate of Charles Robinson. .
  1802
6 Shakspeare Gallery.  A │ CATALOGUE │ OF │ THE PICTURES, &c. │ IN THE │ SHAKSPEARE GALLERY, PALL-MALL. │ = │ LONDON: │ = | PRINTED BY W. BULMER AND CO. CLEVELAND-ROW, | ST. JAMES’S, | FOR THE PROPRIETORS; | AND SOLD AT THE PLACE OF EXHIBITION. | 1802.
8°, in original blue paper covers; Elizth. Parry’s Book inscribed on half-title page.
  1806
7 Walters, Gwyn. "I.  Printed Catalogues:  (a) A Catalogue of the late Pesaro Library at Venice now forming part of the Hafod Library. MDCCCVI [1806]. (From the Library of Thomas Burgess (1756-1837), Bishop of St. David's and of Salisbury.)" Trivium, XXII (Lampeter: Published by Saint David's University College, Summer 1987), 69-72. An offprint.
  1807 November 2 + 38 days (except Sundays)
8 BIBLIOTHECA REEDIANA | - | A | CATALOGUE | OF THE | CURIOUS & EXTENSIVE |  LIBRARY  |  OF THE LATE | ISAAC REED, ESQ. | OF STAPLE INN. | Deceased. | Editor of the Last Edition of Shakspeare. | Comprehending a most Extraordinary Collection of Books, in English Literature; particularly relating to the English Drama, and Poetry, many of them extremely Scarce, and enriched by his MS. Notes, and Observations. Together with his Manu-scripts, Prints, Books of Prints, Book Cases, &c. | Which Will be Sold by Auction, | By Messrs. KING and LOCHÉE, | AT THEIR GREAT ROOM, | No. 38, | KING-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, | On MONDAY, NOV. 2, 1807, | AND 38 FOLLOWING DAYS, (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED.) | AT TWELVE O’CLOCK. | May be viewed on Monday, Oct. 26, and till the Time | of Sale, and Catalogues had at the Room, illustra- | ted with a Portrait of Mr. Reed, price 5s. | - | J. Barker, Printer, Great Russel-Street, Covent-Garden.

  1814 – 1839
9 THE LONDON | CATALOGUE OF BOOKS, | WITH | THEIR SIZES, PRICES, AND PUBLISHERS | CONTAINING THE | BOOKS PUBLISHED IN LONDON, | AND THOSE ALTERED IN SIZE OR PRICE, | SINCE THE YEAR MDCCCXIV TO MDCCCXXXIX. | LONDON : PUBLISHED BY ROBERT BENT, | Aldine Chambers, 13, Paternoster Row ; | AND SOLD BY | LONGMAN, ORME, AND CO.; J. G. AND F. RIVINGTON; HAMILTON AND CO.; | SHERWOOD AND CO.; DUNCAN AND MALCOM; WHITTAKER AND CO.; | SIMPKIN AND CO.; W. EDWARDS; AND R. GROOMBRIDGE. | EDINBURGH: ROBERT CADELL. | MDCCCXXXIX [1839].
8°, in brown cloth boards; with the ticket of Westley, Son, and Jarvis, London, and armorial book-plate of John Beverley Robinson on front paste-down.
  1815
10 A | CATALOGUE | OF | Law and Jurisprudence, | ALSO | MEDICAL BOOKS, | NOW ON SALE AT THE PRICES AFFIXED, | AT THE HOUSE OF | THOMAS EDWARDS, BOOKSELLER, | HALIFAX. | -  | Halifax: | PRINTED BY P.K. HOLDEN, HALL-END. | - | AUGUST, 1815.
8°, in modern paper wrappers, with a label on the front board which seems to havebeen taken from the original paper cover.
  1823
11 Young, John. [English title:]  A │ CATALOGUE │ OF THE │ CELEBRATED COLLECTION OF PICTURES │ OF THE LATE │ JOHN JULIUS ANGERSTEIN, ESQ. │ CONTAINING │ A FINISHED ETCHING OF EVERY PICTURE, │ AND ACCOMPANIED WITH │ HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES │ BY │ JOHN YOUNG, │ ENGRAVER IN MEZZOTINTO TO HIS MAJESTY, │ AND │ KEEPER OF THE BRITISH INSTITUTION │ = │ LONDON: │ = │ PRINTED BY W. NICOL, CLEVELAND-ROW, ST. JAMES'S. │ PUBLISHED BY JOHN YOUNG, No. 65, UPPER CHARLOTTE STREET, FITZROY-SQUARE; │ AND BY MESSRS. HURST, ROBINSON, AND CO., No. 90, CHEAPSIDE, │ and no. 8, PALL-MALL. │ JULY, 1823.
[French title:] CATALOGUE │ DE LA │ COLLECTION CÉLÉBRES │ DE TABLEAUX │ DU FEU │ M. JEAN JULES ANGERSTEIN, │ CONTENTANT │ UNE GRAVEUR FINIE A L'EAU FORTE DE CHAQUE TABLEAU, │ ET ACCOMPAGNÉE DE │ NOTICES HISTORIQUES ET BIOGRAPHIQUES │ PAR │ JEAN YOUNG, │ GRAVEUR EN MEZZOTINTO A SA MAJESTÉ│ ET │ CONSERVATEUR DE L'INSTITUTION BRITANNIQUE. │ = │ A LONDRES: │ = │ DE L'IMPRIMERIE DE W. NICOL, CLEVELAND-ROW, ST. JAMES'S. │ CHEZ J. YOUNG, No. 65, UPPER CHARLOTTE STREET, FITZROY-SQUARE; │ ET CHEZ MESSRS. HURST, ROBINSON, ET CO., No. 90, CHEAPSIDE, │ et No. 8, PALL-MALL. │ JUILLET, 1823.
Large 4°, in ¾ contemporary black morocco over pink boards.  The first fly-leaf is inscribed "From M Angerstein", and inscribed by Young to John Angerstein.
  1824
12 Watt, Robert.  BIBLIOTHECA BRITANNICA; │ OR │ A GENERAL INDEX │ TO │ BRITISH AND FOREIGN LITERATURE. │ BY ROBERT WATT, M.D. │ IN TWO PARTS:--AUTHORS [2 vols.] AND SUBJECTS  [2 vols]. │ VOLUME I.--AUTHORS. │ - │ EDINBURGH: │ PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND COMPANY, EDINBURGH; │ AND LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, BROWN, & GREEN; AND │ HURST, ROBINSON & CO., LONDON. │ - │ 1824.
4°, in ¾ calf over brown marbled boards (most of the boards loose); on the front paste-downs is the armorial book-plate of "Sir Joseph Copley Bar"  The Blake entry (Vol. I, Part I) is simply borrowed from Watkins & Shoberl (below).
  1829
13 Bohn, John.   A | CATALOGUE | OF | AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF | ENGLISH BOOKS, | OFFERED AT THE PRICES ANNEXED, | BY | JOHN BOHN, | No. 17, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. | = | TO WHICH IS APPENDED, | A SELECTION OF VALUABLE FOREIGN BOOKS, | AND A SPECIMEN OF AN INTENDED | CLASSICAL CATALOGUE. | [Vignette with Greek inscription] | LONDON: | PRINTED BY C. RICHARDS, 100, ST. MARTIN’S LANE, CHARING CROSS. | MDCCXXIX [1829].
8°, in contemporary pasteboard with same title pasted on front and books in the press on the back cover, rebacked in buckram with original label pasted down: “BOHN’S | ENGLISH | CATALOGUE. |  - | Price 5s.”; on front pastedown is a printed INDEX which includes everything here. The cover is inscribed: “For the use of the Library Wadham Col”; the top of the spine has a pressmark: CC 6 | [ms] 14, inside front cover inscribed in modern ball-point pen: “.C. Pigou | Beamends | Islip”.
7662 lots of English Books (including “Volumes of Tracts from Dr; Parrs Library, #7121-7227, and “Omissions and Additions” (pp. 467-506).
Lot “643 Blake’s (W.) Illustrations of the Book of Job, folio, 21 beautiful plates, bds 3l. 3s. 1826"
Bound with:
A LIST | OF | CHOICE BOOKS, | COMPREHENDING | SELECTIONS OF FOREIGN ARTICLES | FROM ABOVE | TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND VOLUMES, |  THE MOST VALUABLE AND EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT NOW ON SALE IN | THIS COUNTRY: | OFFERED AT REDUCED PRICES BY | J. BOHN, 17, HENRIETTA STREET,| C OVENT GARDEN. | [Lists of catalogues in preparation; no imprint or date]
48 p., including BOOKS PRINTED ON VELLUM (pp. 13-16)
And
SPECIMEN | OF A | CLASSICAL CATALOGUE, | NOW PREPARING FOR THE PRESS [not really a titlepage, no imprint, &c, pp. 1-24]
  1836
14
v.1
Evans, Edward.  Catalogue │ of │ a Collection of │ Engraved Portraits, │ the Largest ever submitted to the Public; │ comprising nearly twenty thousand portraits of persons │ connected with │ the history and literature of this country, │ from the earliest period to the present time. │ With an enumeration of the circumstances connecting │ the most eminent persons │ with the various counties of Great Britain, │ preferments of the clergy, &c. │ Alphabetically Arranged │ with the names of the painter and engraver, │ and the size of each plate. │ [Motto] │ Now on Sale │ at the reasonable price affixed to each print │ By Edward Evans, Book and Print Seller, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields [?1836] [covering this imprint, after "each print", is affixed a slip reading:  A.E. Evans and Sons, │ 403, Strand, │ late of 1, Great Queen Street.]
For more details, see Vol. II under 1853.
  1853
14
v.2
Evans, EdwardCatalogue of Engraved British Portraits comprising thirty thousand portraits of persons connected with the History & Literature of Great Britain, The British Colonies, and the United States of America. Accompanied by concise biographical notices, &c. &c. &c. Volume the Second, Now on Sale, at the Price Affixed to Each Print. (A.E.Evans & Son, 403, Strand, eight doors east of the Adelphi Theatre. Late of Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London [1853])
Bound like Vol. I (?1830), q.v. There is an inset note from Edward Evans to Bullock Esq., 19 November 1855, inviting him to drop by the shop.
  1836 February 1-19
15 Tait, C. B.  CATALOGUE │ OF THE │ EXTENSIVE AND VALUABLE COLLECTION │ OF │ BOOKS, PICTURES, DRAWINGS, PRINTS, AND │ PAINTERS'S ETCHINGS, │ ANCIENT BRONZES AND TERRACOTTAS, │ ETRUSCAN VASES, MARBLE BUSTS, │ [Gothic:] Antique Carvings and Chasings in Wood and Metal, │ COINS, MINERALS, GEMS, AND PRECIOUS STONES, │ PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENTS, │ [Gothic:] Wines, Spirits, &c. &c. │ OF THE LATE │ THOMAS SIVRIGHT, ESQ. │ OF MEGGETLAND AND SOUTHOUSE, │ WHICH WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION │ BY │ MR TAIT, │ IN HIS GREAT ROOM, 11, HANOVER STREET, │ On Monday, February 1, and Sixteen following lawful days, at One O'Clock. │ - │ EDINBURGH:  PRINTED BY THOMAS CONSTABLE. │ M.DCCC.XXXVI [1826].
4° (shaped like a Large Paper 8°, though signed as a 4°) in sound red cloth.  On the front paste-down is the Ex Libris book-plate of John Macpherson Pinkerton, and on the half-title is the signature of Lockhart Thomson. Towards the end are five fair etchings of pictures in the sale.
#1835 is a volume of Blake's drawings for Blair's Grave, now lost.
  1840
16 Bohn, James. Catalogue │ of │ Ancient and Modern Books │ in all Languages, on sale by │ James Bohn, No. 12, King William Street, Strand. │ [7 lines of verse] │ - │ London: │ Printed by C. Richards, St. Martin's Lane. │ - │ 1840.
            Catalog entry no. 918 is Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job, London, 1825.
  1841
17 Bohn, Henry GeorgeA Catalogue of Books. Henry G. Bohn York Street Covent Garden (London, 1841)
#170-178 are important Blakes.
  1848 February
18 Lamb, Charles. CATALOGUE │ OF │ CHARLES LAMB'S LIBRARY, │ FOR SALE BY │ BARTLETT & WELFORD, │ Booksellers and Importers, 7 Astor House, New York [February 1848].
Apparently this is an offprint from the Literary World.
  1853 December 19-24
19 Smyth-Pigott, John Hugh. CATALOGUE | OF | THE REMAINING PORTION OF | THE VALUABLE LIBRARY | OF THE LATE | JOHN HUGH SMYTH PIGOTT, ESQ., | OF BROCKLEY HALL, SOMERSET … | WHICH WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION BY MESSRS. | S. LEIGH SOTHEBY & JOHN WILKINSON … | On MONDAY, DECEMBER 19th, 1853, and Five following Days, | AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELEY. | MAY BE VIEWED ON THE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY PREVIOUSLY, | AND CATALOGUES HAD OF | Messrs. PARKER, Oxford; DEIGHTON, Cambridge; LANGBRIDGE, Birmingham; | HODGES & SMITH, Dublin; BLACKWOOD, Edinburgh; | and at the Place of Sale. | - | C. AND J. ADLARD, PRINTERS, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE
Lots 300-301, 330, 352-353, 1325 are important Blake works. 
  1855
20 Hodson's Booksellers, Publishers and Stationers Directory 1855: A Facsimile of the Copy in the Bodleian Library, Oxford With an Introduction by Graham Pollard (Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society, Bodleian Library, 1972) Occasional Publication no. 7
  1868
21 John Pascoe Fawkner’s library: facsimile of the sale catalogue of 1868 with an introductory essay by Wallace Kirsop (Melbourne: Book Collectors Society of Australia, 1985)
Lot 202A is Young’s Night thoughts, illustrated by Blake.
  1879 May 28-29
22 CATALOGUE | OF | RARE & VALUABLE BOOKS, | FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE | BASIL MONTAGUE PICKERING | (of Piccadilly) | AND OTHER SOURCES … | Which will be Sold by Auction, | BY MESSRS. |  PUTTICK AND SIMPSON, | AUCTIONEERS OF LITERARY PROPERTY AND WORKS OF ART, | AT THEIR GALLERY, | No. 47, LEICESTER SQUARE, W.C. | (Formerly the Mansion of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A.)  | ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 28th, 1879, AND FOLLOWING DAY. | TEN MINUTES PAST ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY | - | MAY BE VIWED THE DAY BEFORE AND MORNING OF SALE. Colophon: G. NORMAN AND SON, PRINTERS, MAIDEN LANE, COVENT GARDEN.
In modern red paper covers with white label: Catalogue of Books from the Collection of the late Basil Montague Pickering. Puttick & Simpson, 1879.
  1880
23 Bernard Quaritch (Firm).A General Catalogue of Books, Offered to the Public at the Affixed Prices by Bernard Quaritch (London: [Bernard Quaritch], 15 Piccadilly, 1880)
8°, in somewhat fragile red morocco; stamps at front and back of PATENT OFFICE LIBRARY, and inscription on the front fly-leaf: "Presented by Mr Quaritch. 23 Septr 1880".
  1887 July 20 to July 21
23A Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge.  Catalogue of an importtant and valuable collection of autograph letters, illustrated with fine portraits, &c. formed by the late Joseph Mayer, Esq. F.S.A. comprising letters of Burns, Johnson, Garrick, Reynolds, Byron, &c. &c. a magnificent collection of over one hundred holograph letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, also a large and important collection of letters of artists & engravers, copiously enriched with illustrations &c. &c. which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, auctioneers of literary property & works illustrative of the fine arts, at their house, No. 13, Wellington Street, Strand, W.C. on Wednesday, the 20th of July, 1887, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.
 Sale included 4 letters by Blake.
  1887 July 21 to July 24
23B Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings, Engravings, etc. of the late Joseph Mayer, Esq. F.S.A. Of Liverpool comprising Water-Colour and Other Drawings, Principally by Masters of the English School, Including Many That Have Been Engraved as Book Illustrations; Engravings by Bartolozzi and Other Masters; Miniatures, &c. Which Will be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ... at their House, No. 13, Wellington Street, Strand, W.C. On Thursday, 21st of July, 1887, and Three following Days, at one o'clock precisely.
  1891 February 7 to March 15
24 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Print Dept. Exhibition of Books, Water Colors, Engravings, Etc. By William Blake February 7 to March 18, 1891. (Boston: For the Museum, 1891)
Small 8°, v, 53 pp., “Original wrappers printed in red and black, chipped and partly detached”.
  1894
25 Ellis & Elvey.  Ellis & Elvey’s general catalogue of rare books & mss. On sale at 29 New Bond Street, London, W. (London : Printed by Strangeways & Sons, 1894)
            8°, Lists three of Blake’s illuminated works and an original drawing.
  1903 March 30
26 Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge.  Catalogue of a choice selection of the original productions of William Blake, the property of the Rt. Hon. The Earl of Crewe … which will be sold by auction, by … Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge … on Monday, the 30th day of March, 1903 … (London : Dryden Press : J. Davy & Sons, 1903)
           8°, 18 lots.
  1904 January
27 Exhibition of works by William Blake, January, 1904. (London : Carfax & Co., Ltd., 1904)
9 p. Includes article by Archibald G. B. Russell on “Art of William Blake”.
  1905 January 26-February 25
28 Grolier Club. Catalogue of Books, Engravings, Water-Colours & Sketches by William Blake Exhibited  at the Grolier Club from January 26 to February 25 1905.
  1906 June 14-July 31
29 Carfax Exhibition of Works by William Blake, born 1757, died 1827, 14 June to 31 July, 1906. (London, S.W. : Carfax & Co., Ltd., 1906)
  1911 April 24-28, May 1-5, 1912 January 8-12, 15-19, April 15-19, 22-26
30 Hoe, Robert.  Catalogue of the Library of Robert Hoe of New York ... Part I--A to K [24-28 April 1911].  Part I--L to Z [1-5 May, 1911.  Part II--A to K [8-12 January 1912].  Part II--L to Z [15-19 January 1912]. Part III--A to K [15-19 April 1912].  Part III--L to Z [22-26 April 1912].  (New York : D. Taylor, 1911-12)
            Pt. I, nos. 389-397; pt. II, nos. 452-455; pt. III, nos. 376-388 are important Blake works.
  1912
31 Russell, Archibald George Blomefield.The Engravings of William Blake (London, 1912)
  1912
32 Mosher, Thomas Bird.The Mosher books … 1912. (Portland, Maine : Thomas B. Mosher, 1912)
  1913 October-December
33 Tate Gallery.   Catalogue of Loan Exhibition of Works by William Blake [at] The National Gallery of British Art October to December 1913. Second Edition.  (London:  His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1913).
            Catalogue prepared by Archibald G.B. Russell.
  1915
34 Fonderie Artistiche Riunite (Naples, Italy). Bronzes, marbles argenterie. Etablissement Albergo dei Poveri. Fonderie Artisticha Riunite J. Chiurazzi & Fils-S. De Angelis & Fils Societa Anonima (Naples, 1910 [i.e., 1915])
It includes a reproduction of the Bentley's Dionysis from Herculaneum.
  1921
35 Keynes, Geoffrey. A Bibliography of William Blake (N.Y.: Grolier Club, 1921)
  1924 July 1-4, 7-9
36 MacGeorge, Bernard BuchananCatalogue of the Well-Known and Valuable Library of the late Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge,Esq. ... Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ... 1st of July, 1924, and Three following Days ... 7th of July, and Two following Days ....
The important Blake collection included #108-134.
  1925-1934
37 James F. Drake, IncA Catalogue of  First Editions (N.Y.:  James F. Drake, Est. 1905, 143 West 40th Street, New York), Catalogue #165 [?1925], #167-168 (1925), #179 (1926), #180-181 ([?1926]), #182-191 (1927), #192 ([?1928]), #193-198 (1928), #208-209, 211-214 (1929), #215-220, 222-224 (1930), #225, 228-230, (1931), #231-233 (1932), #235-236 (1933), #238 (1934), #247 (1938), with duplicates of #197, 211 (2), 224-225, 231-233, 235
The title varies, adding "Modern" #223-224, 233, with, not infrequently, A Catalogue of First Editions and Rare Books (Our Twenty-fifth Year) #222 and other variants: ... First Editions of American Authors (#165) Autograph Letters and Manuscripts (#187, 189, 191, 196, 209); ... Modern First Editions (#208); ... First Editions (#195, 214, 228, 230, 236) ... Old and New (#231), ... with a List of New Books (#235).
  1926 October 20-December 31
38 Victoria and Albert Museum. Dept. of Engraving, Illustration and Design.  Catalogue of an Exhibition of Drawings, Etchings & Woodcuts by Samuel Palmer and other Disciples of William Blake October 20-December 31, 1926. With an Introduction and Notes by A.H. Palmer. (London: :Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1926)
4°, 58 reproductions on 33 plates, “Original blue printed wrappers, remains of glassine cover partly adhering to final leaf”.  A.H. Palmer, “Introduction: Samuel Palmer, Painter and Etcher” (pp. 1-20), catalogue of 227 lots, including George Richmond letter to Samuel Palmer about Blake’s death (#11, Pl. I) and Blake’s engraving of “Death’s Door” (#27, Pl. II).
  1926
39 Binyon, Laurence. The Engraved Designs of William Blake (N.Y. : Da Capo Press, 1967 [first published 1926])
  1927
40 Smith, George CampbellWilliam Blake: The Description of a Small Collection of His Works In the Library of A New York Collector (N.Y., 1927)
  1927
41 Burlington Fine Arts ClubCatalogue: Blake Centenary Exhibition (London, 1927)
  1928 May 21-23
42 Anderson Galleries, IncBooks & Prints Sold by Order of the George D. Smith Book Company Inc. In Liquidation, 21-23 May 1923
#179A, "The Human Abstract" [Songs (?G),pl. 47]
  1930?
42A Francis Edwards (Firm) William Blake: Original Drawings Engraved Work Poetical Works Books About Blake Etc. Etc. Mainly from the Collection of Dr. Greville Macdonald (London: Francis Edwards, Ltd., Booksellers, [1930?]
           98 items.
  1932
43 Maggs Bros.  English literature and history from the 15th to the 18th century : complementary to Catalogue 569 “English verse & dramatic poetry from Chaucer to Burns”.  (London : Maggs Bros., 1932)  Catalogue nos. 572, 577.
  1933 March 1-3
44 Vickery, Willis. Rare books from the library of the late Willis Vickering comprising first editions by Blake … and including Blake’s Songs of innocence and of experience colored by Blake himself …  Unrestricted public sale, March 1, March 2 and March 3. (New York : American Art Association : Anderson Galleries, Inc., 1933)
               Lots 15-27, 53, 199-216 are important Blake items.
  1934
45 Bernard Quaritch (Firm), A Catalogue of Books in English Literature and History (including Translations) Printed since the beginning of the Eighteenth Century together with Books from Modern Presses Offered for Sale by Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 11 Grafton Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1. [Catalogue] No. 486 (1934)
#69-86 are Blakes, of which the Muir facsimile descriptions are particularly important.
  1936 February 17-19
46 Sotheby & Co. (London, England).  Catalogue of valuable printed books, illuminated and other manuscripts, autograph letters, topographical drawings of American interest comprising, the library of Sir Algernon Methuen, Bt. (decd.) … which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & C. … on Monday, the 17th of February, 1936, and two following days … (London : Printed by Kitchen & Barratt, 1936).
            Lots 498-516, 529-530 are important Blake works.
  1936 March 16-28
47 Millard, George M., Mrs., A Descriptive Hand-List of a Loan Exhibition of Books and Works of Art by William Blake, 1757-1827, Chiefly from the Collection of Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald Assembled by Mrs. George M. Millard at the Little Museum of La Miniatura 645 Prospect Crescent, Pasadena. [Pasadena:  The Little Museum of La Miniatura, 1936]
  1936 May 12-July 31
48 Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. An Exhibition of William Blake’s Water-color Drawings of Milton’s “Paradise Lost”, May 12-July 31, 1936. (San Marino, California: The Gallery, 1936)
  1936 May 12-July 31
49 Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. An Exhibition of William Blake’s Water-color Drawings of Milton’s “Paradise Lost”, May 12-July 31, 1936.  Third edition.  (San Marino, California: Gallery, 1938)
  1937
50 Bernard Quaritch (Firm), A Catalogue of Books in English Literature and History (Including Translations) Printed since 1700 together with Books from Modern Presses, A Remarkable Horace Walpole Collection and an Appendix of Music and Musical Literature Offered at the Net Prices Affixed by Bernard Quaritch Ltd. 11 Grafton Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1, 1937. [Catalogue] No. 5308
4°, in original buff heavier paper covers, a little frayed at the top of the spine but not far from as-new condition.
#89-107 are Blakes, of which the Muir facsimile descriptions are particularly important.

  1937 March 2-5, 8-9
51 Sotheby & Co. (London, England)Catalogue of the Very Well-Known and Valuable Library, the Property of Lt.-Col. W. E. Moss … comprising a most important and extensive collection of the works of William Blake and of books and mss. relating to him … sold at auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. … on Tuesday, the 2nd of March, 1937, and March 3-5, 8 & 9 … (London, 1937).
            Important Blake lots are 138-248F.
  1938 April 5-8
52 Bishop, Cortlandt F. (Cortlandt Field) The Cortlandt F. Bishop Library sold by order of the executors. Part One [A-H] (New York : American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc.)
           Items 278-286 are important Blake works.
  1938 November 2-3
53 Smith, George CampbellWilliam Blake:  The Renowned Collection of First Editions Original Drawings, Autograph Letters and an Important Painting in Oils; Samuel L. Clemens ... Collected by the late George C. Smith Jr New York, N.Y. Public Sale November 2 and 3 at 8:15 p.m. by Order of the Executors, by Parke-Bernet Galleries,
104 Blake entries.
  1939
54 Bernard Quaritch (Firm), A Catalogue of Books in English Literature and History (Including Translations) Printed During the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Together with Books from Modern Presses and Autograph Letters Offered at the New Prices Affixed by Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 11 Grafton Street, New Bond Street, London,W.1. [Catalogue] No. 560 1939.
#89-118 are Blakes, of which the Muir facsimile descriptions are particularly important.
  1939
55 Philadelphia Museum of Art.   William Blake 1757-1827:  A Descriptive Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Works of William Blake Selected from Collections in the United States [at the] Philadelphia Museum of Art. Catalogue prepared by Elizabeth Mongan and Edwin Wolf, 2nd.
  1941 April 16-18, May 14-16, 29-30 October
56 Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward)Rare Books Original Drawings Autograph Letters and Manuscripts Collected by the late A. Edward Newton Removed from His Home Oak Knoll Daylesford, Pa. For Public Sale By Order of the Executors Under the Will of A. Edward Newton, Deceased by Swift Newton and Brandon Barringer at the Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc 30 East 57 Street (N.Y., 1941)
3 vols., each with its own title page; with prices but no buyers.
  1941 October 21-December 14
57 Damon, S. Foster (Samuel Foster). Water Colours by William Blake for Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress: Loan Exhibition  November 18 to December 14 1941 Cleveland Museum of Art.
  1942?
58 Tate Gallery.  Illustrations, British School. (London, 1942?)
            Plates 28-31 are Blake paintings.
  1942 February 18-19
59 Parke-Bernet Galleries.  Sets of Standard Authors, Mainly in Fine Bindings … Public Auction Sale, February 18, February 19.  (New York, 1942)
            Lots 62-65 are Blake items.
  1947
60 William Blake, 1757-1827: Paris-Antwerp-Zurich. Organized by The British Council. (London:  Tate Gallery, 1947)
  1947
61 William Blake 1757-1827 (Paris: Pour le British Council et la Galerie René Drouin, achevée d'imprimer le 19 mars 1947)
            Copy 1 inscribed to Catharine B. Johnson from Dorothy Vaughan Johnson, May 5, 1949.
Copy 2 inscribed to Mrs Emerson from Joseph Holland April 1948.
  1947
62 Bernard Quaritch (Firm)  A Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts Issued to Commemorate the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Firm of Bernard Quaritch 1847-1947 (London, 1947)
#30 is Thel (K).
  1949 July 22
63 Robertson, W. Graham (Walford Graham) Catalogue of Original Works by William Blake the property of the late Graham Robertson, Esq. which will be sold by Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd, July 22, 1949
  1950 July 15-September 30
64 Lady Lever Art Gallery, Exhibition of Works by William Blake [at] The Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, Cheshire 15th July-30th September, 1950. [Port Sunlight:  Lady Lever Art Gallery, 1950]
8°, in pristine original covers with a gift-inscription from Kerrison Preston to George Goyder of 22 September 1950. There are 30 entries, none in MS or Illuminated Printing.
  1951
65 Keynes, Geoffrey, Sir. The Tempera Paintings of William Blake: A Critical Catalogue. (London:  Arts Council of Great Britain, 1951)
  1952 April 29-30
66 Parke-Bernet GalleriesChoice Color Plate Books, Notable Bird and Flower Books, A Fine Series of Jacques Callot Etchings, Rare Bibles & Other Books Famous in English Literature: Library of Moncure Biddle, Philadelphia, Pa. Sold by His Order ... April 29 and 30 [1952 at] ... Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc
The Blakes are #117-145.
  1952
67 The Hunterian Collection:  An Eighteenth Century Gentleman's Cabinet Lent by Courtesy of the University of Glasgow [to the Iveagh Bequest Kenwood] (London:  London County Council, 1952)
  1952
68 Robertson, W. Graham (Walford Graham)The Blake Collection of W. Graham Robertson described by the Collector. Ed. Kerrison Preston (London : Faber and Faber Limited, 1952) The William Blake Trust
  1953
69 Tate Gallery. "Blake, William."  Pp. 13-18 of The Tate Gallery British School: A Concise Catalogue by Mary Chamot. (London:  Tate Gallery, 1953)
  1953
70 Keynes, Geoffrey & Edwin Wolf 2nd William Blake’s Illuminated Books: A Census (N.Y.: Grolier Club, 1953)
  1954 May-September
71 Exhibition of Wedgwood at Iveagh Bequest Kenwood May to September 1954 (London: London County Council, 1954)
  1955
72 Sir John Soane’s Museum. A New Description of Sir John Soane’s Museum (London, 1955)
  1957 April 25-May 18
73 William Blake (1757-1827) Bicentenary Celebrations: Paintings,Drawings and Facsimiles [exhibited at the] Whitworth Art Gallery April 25-May 18 1957 (Manchester:  Whitworth Art Gallery, 1957)
            Catalogue prepared by Victor Rienaecker.
  1957 October 18-December 1
74 The Art of William Blake:  Bicentennial Exhibition October 18th-December 1st, 1957 [at the] National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution (Washington [D.C.], 1957)
           Catalogue prepared by Elizabeth Mongan.
  1957 November 23-24
74A Bureiku bunken tenjikai shuppin mokuroku: Wiruyamu Bureiku seitan nihyakunen kinen = Catalogue of an exhibition of Blakeana held in commemoration of the bicentenary of William Blake's birth at Hosei University, Tokyo, 23-24 November, 1957. (Tokyo: Hosei Daigaku Eibungakkai, 1958)
  1957
75 Samuel Palmer & his circle: The Shoreham Period. The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1957
  1957
76 William Blake and His Circle British Museum Bicentenary Exhibition, 1757-1957.
               Mimeographed list.
  1957
76A Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Catalogue of William Blake’s Drawings and Paintings in the Huntington Library by C.H. Collins Baker. 2nd ed. Enlarged and revised by R.R. Wark. (San Marino, Calif. : The Huntington Library, 1957)
  1958 May 19
77 Sotheby & Co. (London, England)  Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Books Illuminated & Illustrated by William Blake : the property of the late Mrs William Emerson … which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. … Monday, 19 May 1958. (London, 1958)
  1959?
78 Ashmolean Museum.  Paintings and Drawings by Samuel Palmer in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford.
  1959 June-September
79 Eighteenth Century Portrait Busts [exhibited at] The Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood June to September 1959 (London:  London County Council, [1959])
  1960?
80 National Trust (Great Britain)  Pictures at Petworth. (London : National Trust)
            Blake’s Last judgement is illustrated on p. 32.
  1960
81 Preston, KerrisonWilliam Blake 1757-1827 : Notes for a Catalogue of the Blake Library at The Georgian House Merstham (Cambridge [England] : Golden Head Press Ltd., 1960)
  1961
82 Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. The Huntington Art Collection : a Handbook.  (San Marino, Calif., 1961)
  1961 November 17-December 8
83 Blake: An Exhibition Arranged by the Iowa Print Group in the New Gallery, Department of Art, School of Fine Arts, University of Iowa, November 17 to December 8, 1961. (Iowa City, Iowa, 1961)
  1962
84 Preston, KerrisonWilliam Blake 1757-1827 : Notes for a Catalogue of the Blake Library at The Georgian House Merstham Second edition (revised) (Cambridge [England] : Golden Head Press Ltd., 1962)
  1962
85 An Exhibition of English Drawings and Water Colors from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon February 18-April 1, 1962 [at the] National Gallery of Art Smithsonian Institution Washington
  1962
86 The Hawkins Papers : a catalogue edited by Francis W. Steer. (Chichester, West Sussex County Council, 1962)
  1962 December 1-January 7, 1963, January 12-February 9
87 Johnson, Lee.  Eugéne Delacroix 1798-1863 : catalogue by Lee Johnson. ([Toronto] : Art Gallery of Toronto ; [Ottawa] : National Gallery of Canada, 1963)
  1963
88 Mellon, Paul.  Painting in England 1700-1850:  Collection of Mr & Mrs Paul Mellon Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond Virginia 1963
2 vols. Catalogue prepared by Basil Taylor. Nos. 380-383 & 387 are Blakes.
  1963
89 John Howell Books (San Francisco, Calif.)  English Literature.  (San Francisco: John Howell, 434 Post Street, 1963). Catalogue 34. Prepared by Theodore Hofmann.
#98 is Songs of Innocence (J).
  1963
90 Rowlandson, Thomas. Rowlandson’s Drawings for a Tour in a Post Chaise with an introduction and notes by Robert R. Wark. (San Marino, Calif. : Huntington Library, 1963)
  1964 April 17-May 17
91 The Art of the Sublime:  Romantic Art 1750-1850 [An exhibition at] Pomona College Gallery, Claremont, California April 17-May 17, 1964 ([Claremont: Claremont College, 1964])
  1964 October 8-November 11
92 University of California, Los Angeles. Library101 Notable Gifts: The Importance of Private Support for the University Libraries: An Exhibit in the Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles, October 8 to November 11, 1964 (Los Angeles:  UCLA Library, 1964)
#27 is a Blake drawing. 2 copies.
  1964
93 House of El Dieff, Inc.  Sixty Four: collections of British and American Literature in the 20th Century … and individual offerings of Manuscripts, Literary and Historical Letters, Drawings, Sculptures, Oils.  (New York, N.Y. : House of El Dieff, Inc., 1964)
            #50 is Henry Tresham’s William Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra”.
  1964
94 Keynes, GeoffreyBibliotheca Bibliographici: A Catalogue of the Library Formed by Geoffrey Keynes (London : Trianon Press, 1964)
  1964
95 Royal Shakespeare Theatre (Stratford-upon-Avon, England)  Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Theatre Gallery : catalogue of pictures and sculptures. (Stratford-upon-Avon : Herald Press, 1964)
  1964
96 Keynes, Geoffrey. An Exhibition of the Illuminated Books of William Blake, Poet, Printer, Prophet Arranged by the William Blake Trust: A Commemorative Handbook with a study by Geoffrey Keynes and a foreword by Lessing J. Rosenwald (Clairvaux, 1964)  The William Blake Trust
96A Announcing the first edition of William Blake Poet Printer Prophet by Geoffrey Keynes. (Chateau de Boissia, Clairvaux, Jura, France: The Trianon Press, 1964) Prospectus. 3 copies.
  1964
97 Petworth House, Sussex : a property of the National Trust. (London : National Trust, 1964)
  1965 February 27-March 29
98 Roe, Albert SWilliam Blake:  An Annotated Catalogue [of an exhibition at the] Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, February 27-March 29, 1965.
  1965 Summer
99 Chas. J. Sawyer, Ltd. Illustrated Catalogue of Fine Books Catalogue No. 270 (London: Chas. J. Sawyer, 12-13 Grafton Street, New Bond Street, [Summer] 1965)
#145 is "Queen Constance and her son".
  1965 September 25-October 24
100 William Blake 1757-1827:  September 25-to-October 24 1965:  Smithsonian Exhibition--Blake Trust [in] The Winnipeg Art Gallery
A 4-panel folder.
  1965 November-February 1966
101 William Blake and His Circle : Two Exhibitions at the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, November 1965 through February 1966.
            Catalogue prepared by Robert R. Wark.
  1965
102 The Conversation Piece in Georgian England [An exhibition at] The Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood (London: Greater London Council, [1965])
            Catalogue prepared by Rose H. Harris.
  1966 May 2
103 Sotheby & Co. (London, England). Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books Autograph Letters and Historical Documents … which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. … Monday, 2nd May, 1966.
#277 is Blake's letter of 16 July 1804 to William Hayley.
  1966 September
104 Goodspeed's Book Shop (Boston, Mass.)  The Flying Quill at Goodspeed's (Boston: Goodspeed's, September 1966)
Blake's letter of 16 July 1804 is here, unnumbered.
  1966
105 Rowlandson, Thomas.  Rowlandson’s Drawings for the English Dance of Death with an introduction and notes by Robert R. Wark.  (San Marino, Calif. : Huntington Library, 1966)
  1968 April 20-May 4
106 Houston Galleries (Wells, England) Bristol in the Early 19th Century: An exhibition of original water colours by G. Cumberland. April 20th to May 4th 1968 at 9 Sadler Street, Wells. Presented by the Houston Galleries
  1968 July 6-October 10
107 John Hamilton Mortimer A R A 1740-1779: Paintings, Drawings and Prints: An exhibition arranged by the Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art in association with the Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne July 6-September 3, Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood September 10-October 8 1968 ([London, 1968])
            Catalogue prepared by Benedict Nicolson.
  1969 April 28-May 18
108 Manchester City Art Gallery. "For Friendship's Sake":  William Blake and William Hayley: [An exhibition at the] City Art Gallery Manchester 29th April to 18th May 1769. Organized for the Manchester Cathedral Art Festival (Manchester, 1969)
           Catalogue prepared by Elizabeth Johnston.
  1969 May 14-June 21
109 William Blake: Poet.Printer.Prophet; an exhibition of illuminated books arranged by the William Blake Trust and a selection of watercolours and drawings formerly in the collection of W. Graham Robertson (the exhibition is supported by the North West Arts Association) 14 May to 1 June 1969 [in] Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester
           Catalogue prepared by David Jolley.
  1969 August 21-September 30
110 William Blake:  A Loan Exhibition [at the] National Library of Scotland
  1969 December-1970 February
111 Ryskamp, CharlesWilliam Blake, Engraver: A Descriptive Catalogue of an Exhibition by Charles Ryskamp with an introductory Essay by Geoffrey Keynes [in] Princeton University Library (Princeton, 1969)
  1969
112 National Gallery of Canada.  William Blake 1757-1827 [An exhibition] prepared by Mary MacFarlane. Circulated by the Extension Services of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa 1969-1970] (Ottawa, 1969)
  1969
113 Westminster City Libraries.  William Blake: Catalogue of the Preston Blake Library Presented by Kerrison Preston in 1967 [to the] Westminster City Libraries (London, 1969)
            Catalogue prepared by Phyllis Goff.
  1970
114 Queen’s Gallery (London, England)  Gainsborough, Paul Sandby & Miniature-Painters in the Service of George III and his Family.  Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, 1970.
  1970
115 Wark, Robert R. Drawings by John Flaxman in the Huntington Collection [by] Robert R. Wark. (San Marino, Calif. : Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 1970)
  1970
116 Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.  The Huntington art collection. (San Marino, Calif. : Huntington Library, 1970)
            Handbook compiled by Robert R. Wark.
  1970
117 Keynes, Geoffrey.A Study of the Illuminated Books of William Blake, Poet, Printer, Prophet. (London : Methuen & Co. with the Trianon Press, Paris, 1970).
  1970
118 Bishop Phillpotts Library. Catalogue of Books published before 1800.
118A S., J. Bishop Phillpotts' Library (1956?)
  1970
119 Fitzwilliam Museum. William Blake: Catalogue of the Collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge edited by David Bindman. (Cambridge, 1970)
  1970 November 18-December 31
120 Leger Galeries. English Watercolours : [exhibition catalogue]. (London, 1970)
  1970 December 10
121 Sotheby & Co. (London, England) Catalogue of Printed Books which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. … Thursday, 10th of December, 1970.
  1971 January 21-22
122 Kirtlington Park, near Bicester, Oxon Catalogue of Valuable Furniture and Effects to be sold by auction … 21st & 22nd January 1971 … by E.J. Brooks & Son.
              #196 is Classical compositions by Flaxman.
  1971 March 29-30
123
&
123A
Sotheby & Co. (London, England) Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books and a Few Manuscripts from the Renowned Library Formerly at Britwell Court, Burnham, Bucks, The Property of the Trustees of the late S.R. Christie-Miller, Esq Which Will Be Sold by Auction by Sotheby & Co., 29-30 March 1971
#34-35 are Poetical Sketches (X) and Urizen (C). Illustrated and non-illustrated editions.  Price list included.
  1971 April
124 Paul Breman (Firm)  Catalogue 14:  English architecture 1598-1838
#12 is Emlyn (1781) attributed to Blake.
  1971 April 1-12
124A Eldridge, AEthelred.  Intimations of the April Gospelled Fool (Athens, Ohio: The Gallery School of Art, 1971)
            Broadside. Issued as an invitation to the author's exhibition of Illustrations of the Book of Job summarized from the infernal models of Wm. Blake, 1 April-12 April 1971 at the Seigfred Gallery, Ohio University, Athens; and the author's oration, delivered 7 April, 1971.
  1971 June 15
125 Important English Drawings and Watercolours, the properties of the Rt. Hon. The Earl of Antrim … which will be sold at auction by Christie, Manson & Woods … on Tuesday, June 15, 1971.
#141-172 are detached leaves from the Blake-Varley sketchbook.
  1971 Fall-1972 Winter
126 Zeitlin & Ver Brugge (Los Angeles, Calif.)  Eighteenth & Nineteenth Century English Master Drawings and Print.  Catalogue 228.
#5 is Blake's "Standing Archer ".
  1971 October 17-December 18
127 Imagination and Vision: Prints and Drawings of William Blake [exhibition at] The Art Gallery, Illinois State University, October 17 to November 7, 1971, The University of Kansas Museum of Art, November 28 to December 18, 1971. (Kansas : Museum of Art, 1971)
            Catalogue prepared by Pamela D. Kingsbury.
  1971 November 9
128 Fine English Drawings and Watercolours which will be sold at auction by Christie, Manson & Woods … on Tuesday, November 9, 1971. (London, 1971)
#71-79 are Blake drawings
  1971
129 Science Museum (Great Britain). Scientific Trade Cards in the Science Museum Collection by H.R. Calvert M.A. (London : H.M. Stationery Office, 1971)
  1971
130 Blake, William.  William Blake 1757-1827:  Six Paintings in the Stirling Maxwell Collection, Pollok House. (Glasgow : Museums and Art Galleries Department, [1971])
            Catalogue prepared by Alasdair A. Auld.
  1971
131 Bentley, G. E. (Gerald Eades), Jr.  The Blake Collection of Mrs. Landon K. Thorne  (New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1971)
  1971
132 Tate GalleryWilliam Blake:  a complete catalogue of the works in the Tate Gallery by Martin Butlin with an introduction by Anthony Blunt and a foreword by John Rothenstein. Completely revised edition. (London:  Tate Gallery, 1971 [first published 1957])
  1971 December-1972 Spring
133 Blake, William.  William Blake's Water-Colour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray with an introduction and commentary by Geoffrey Keynes. (Boissia, Clairvaux : Published by the Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, London, 1971)
            Commemorative catalogue to accompany an exhibition arranged by The Trust.
  1972 February 29-March 30
134 P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Thomas Hartley Cromek, 1809-1873: Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings of Italy, Greece and the Mediterranean.  (London, 1971)
  1972 May
135 Martin Breslauer, Inc.  A Miscellany of Books & MSS (London, May 1972) List XLI.
#148 is a leaf from the Varley-Blake sketchbook.
  1972 May 176-June 17
136 P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.  Exhibition of English Drawings and Watercolours 17th May to 17th June 1972.
#52 is a leaf from the Varley-Blake sketchbook.
  1972 September 9-November 19
137 The Age of Neo-Classicism: [catalogue of] the Fourteenth Exhibition of the Council of Europe [held at] The Royal Academy and The Victoria & Albert Museum London 9 September-19 November 1972 (London: The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1972)
  1972 November 1-1973 January 31
138 Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. The Followers of William Blake: An Exhibition at the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery November 1, 1972 through January 31, 1973. (San Marino, Calif., 1973)
            Catalogue prepared by Larry Gleeson.
  1972 November 2-December 1
139 P & D Colnaghi & Co.  Original Printmaking in Britain 1600-1900:  [An exhibition] 2nd November to 1st December 1972.
#108, 111-112, 127, 235 are Blakes.
  1972
140 Rorimer, Anne.Drawings by William Mulready. (London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1972)
  1972
141 Baskett, John and Dudley SnelgroveEnglish Drawings and Watercolors 1550-1850 in the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon:  [An exhibition in] The Pierpont Morgan Library New York, 1972.
           Catalogue prepared by John Baskett and Dudley Snelgrove.
  1972
142 Ward, William Smith.  Literary Reviews in English Periodicals 1798-1820: A Bibliography With a Supplementary List of General (Non-Review) Articles on Literary Subjects in two volumes (N.Y. & London:  Garland Publishing, Inc., 1972)
  1972
143 Westminster City Libraries. William Blake:  Supplement to the Catalogue of the Preston Blake Library (London: Westminster City Libraries, 1972)
  1973 January 10-February 2
144 A Loan Exhibition of Drawings, Watercolours, and Paintings by John Linnell and his Circle 10th January to 2nd February, 1973. (London : P & D Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., 1973)
           Nos. 145-149 are works by William Blake.
  1973 February 21-March 16
145 P & D Colnaghi & Co Ltd.  Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours by Cornelius Varley 21st February to 16th March, 1973.
  1973 April
145A York City Art Gallery. Preview 102, April 1973, Vol. XXVI
            Includes article: Some Flaxman Drawings at York by Norah Gillow, pp. 915-919.
  1973 May 11
146 Johnson, E. D. H. (Edward Dudley Hume) George Cruikshank the collection at Princeton. (Princeton University Library, 1973)
  1973 June 2-August 13
147 Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, RA 1740-1812: [Catalogue of an exhibition at] Kenwood, The Iveagh Bequest, Hampstead Lane, NW3 7JR 2 June-13 August [?1972]
           Catalogue prepared by Rüdiger Joppien.
  1973 September 4-November 10
148 Greenacre, Francis. The Bristol School of Artists Francis Danby and Painting in Bristol 1810-1840 – City Art Gallery Bristol 4 September-10 November 1973. Catalogue by Francis Greenacre. Designed by Susannah Buxton.
  1973 November 14-December 7
149 P & D Colnaghi & Co. (14 Old Bond Street, London W1). Exhibition of Drawings, Watercolours and Paintings 14th November to 7th December 1973
  1973
150 Wark, Robert R. Drawings from the Turner Shakespeare by Robert R. Wark with a bibliographical note by Shelley M. Bennett. (San Marino, Calif. : Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 1973)
  1973 May 17-July 28
151 Whitworth Art Gallery. British Watercolours from the John Edward Taylor Collection in the Whitworth Art Gallery (Manchester:  Whitworth Art Gallery Whitworth Park University of Manchester M15 6ER, 1973)
            Nos. 12-18 are William Blake works.
  1973
152 Isaac, Peter C. G. A Second Checklist of Books, Pamphlets & Periodicals Printed by William Bulmer. (Wylam, Northumberland : Allenholme Press, 1973).
  1974 May 30-August 25
153 Burton, Anthony and John Murdoch. Byron : an exhibition to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his death in the Greek War of Liberation, 19 April 1824.  30 May-25 August 1974 [held at] Victoria and Albert Museum.
  1974 June 8-August 27
154 Stainton, Lindsay. British Artists in Rome 1700-1800: [An Exhibition sponsored by the] Greater London Council [at] The Iveagh Bequest Kenwood Hampstead Lane MW3 7JR 8 June-27 August (London: The Greater London Council, 1974)
  1974 September 7-November 10
155 Cincinnati Print and Drawing Circle. Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Cincinnati Print and Drawing Circle  Cincinnati Art Museum, September 7-November 10, 1974.
  1974
156 John Windle (Firm)   Catalogue One (San Francisco, CA, 1974?)
            Items 35-56 are Blake related.
  1974
157 Philip C. Duschnes (Firm) Fine Books, Rare Books. Catalogue 211. (New York, N.Y., 1974)
            Items 20-72 are Blake related.
  1974
158 Greater London Council. Catalogue of Paintings, The Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood. Third edition. (London, 1972, reprinted 1974)
  1975 February 19-March 3
159 Schiff, Gert.  Henry Fuseli 1741-1825. [Tr. Sarah Twohig. Catalogue of an exhibition at] The Tate Gallery [19 Feb-4 March 1975] ([London: The Tate Gallery] 1975)
  1975 March 6-April 27
160 William Blake, 1757-1827 : [Kunst um 1800 : eine Ausstellung des British Council und der Hamburger Kunsthalle : Hamburger Kunsthalle, 6. März bis 27. April 1975] / [Herausgeber, Werner Hofmann ; Űbersetzung der englischen Beiträge: Detlef Dörrbecker, Eleonore Reichert und Georg Syamken]. (München : Prestel, 1975)
            Catalogue by David Bindman.
  1975 March 10-12
161 Sotheby & Co. (London, England) Catalogue of English Illustrated Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries which will be sold by auction by Sotheby & Co. Monday 10th March-Wednesday 12th March.
"The Property of the late Kerrison Preston (sold by order of the Executors)" forms Lots 1-140, of which Lots 2-17 are Blakes. Lots 150, 288, 318-364 are also works by or about Blake.
  1975 April
162 Liebert, Herman W. "The Charles J. Rosenbloom Bequest." Yale University Library Gazette, XLIX (April 1975), 309-346
It includes "A Check-List of the Bequest Compiled by Suzanne Rutter and Donald Gallup" (pp. 311-343)
  1975
163 Gilson, David. Books from the library of Sir Robert Taylor in the Library of the Taylor Institution, Oxford a checklist compiled by D. J. Gilson. 2nd impression.
  1975
164 House of El Dief, Inc. 1975 Fortieth Anniversary Catalogue Containing Forty Selections from Stock Including The Canterbury tales on Vellum Illuminated Manuscript Chatsworth Copy 1455 ... William Blake, Original Watercolor circa 1800 ... (N.Y.: Lew David Feldman House of El Dieff, Inc., 1975)
#11:  Blake, "The King of the Jews". #13: Blake’s Illustrations to the Book of Job, 1825.
  1975
165 Robinson, F. J. G. (Francis John Gibson) and Peter John Wallis. Book Subscription Lists a Revised Guide. (Newcastle upon Tyne : Harold Hill & Son Ltd. for the Book Subscriptions List Project, 1975)
  1975
165A Pierre Berés (Firm). 350 Livres illustrés, illustratifs ou illustres du dix-septiéme au dix-neuviéme siécle [en vente par] Pierre Berés ([Paris, 1975]) Catalogue 64
An exceedingly handsome catalogue.
  1976 February 24-March 27
166 William Blake in the Art of His Time:  A Faculty-Graduate Student Project University of California, Santa Barbara Organized by Corlette Rossiter Walker, University Art Galleries, University of California Santa Barbara February 24-March 28, 1976 ([Santa Barbara, 1977])
  1976
166A Soundings Collections of the University Library, Volume VIII, Number 2 (December 1976)
            Includes 4 articles on the Santa Barbara symposium, pp. 22-41.
  1976 February 24-March 27
167 Catalogue [of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Art Galleries exhibition for the Blake Conference 2-5 March 1976] ([Santa Barbara, 1976])
15 mimeographed leaves with 99 entries
  1976 March 2-April 4
168 Gleeson, Larry.. Followers of Blake.  The Santa Barbara Museum of Art March 2-April 4, 1976 (]Santa Barbara, Calif.]: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1976)
  1976 March 10-April 9
169 John Flaxman 10th March-8th April 1976 Presented by Christopher Powney and Heim Gallery (London) Ltd. (London: Heim Gallery (London) Ltd. 59 Jermyn Street, St. James, London, S.W.1, 1976)
  1976 Summer
170 Donald A. Heald (Firm). Catalogue One:  William Blake, The Pre-Raphaelites and their Associates, Art and Illustration, Press Books, Modern First Editions, Photography: A collection of Rare books offered for sale by Donald A. Heald (London [Summer 1976])
  1976 September 21-October 21
171 P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Exhibition of English Drawings, Watercolours and Paintings 21st September to 21st October 1976. Includes Price list.
            Lots 83 & 84 are drawings by Blake.
  1976 November 24-December 17
171A John Martin 1789-1854 Exhibition 24th November-17th December 1976 Presented by Christopher Mendez & Christopher Drake at Christopher Mendez, 51 Lexington Street, London W1R 4HL.
  1976
172 Westminster City Libraries. William Blake Catalogue of the Preston Blake Library Presented by Kerrison Preston Cumulative Supplement to the Printed Catalogue of 1969. Compiled by Phyllis Goff. (London, 1976)
  1976
173 Manchester City Art Gallery.  Concise Catalogue of British Paintings:  Volume I: British artists born before 1850. (Manchester: City of Manchester Cultural Services, 1976)
Blake's Heads of the Poets are all reproduced.
  1977 March 9-April 6
174 William Drummond (Firm).  George Cumberland 1854-1848.  Painter, Geologist, Printmaker, Agricultural Experimentalist, Critic, Draughtsman, Biographer, Novelist, and Friend of William Blake:  Watercolour drawings made between 1816-1828 in Bristol, Cornwall, Derbyshire, Devonshire, Dorset, Essex, Gloustershire, Herefordshire, London, Monmouthshire, Northamptonshire, Pembrokeshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Sussex, Wiltshire and Yorkshire. Spring Exhibition March 9-April 6. William Drummond, Covent Garden Gallery Ltd., 20 Russell Street, by the Royal Opera House, London, W.C. 2
  1977 March 19-May 29
175 Adelphi University. LibraryWilliam Blake: The Painter as Poet: An Exhibition Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Artist's Death March 19-May 29, 1977 [at Swirbul Library Gallery, Adelphia University, Garden City, N.Y.]  Catalog by Donald A. Wolf, Tom Dargan, Erica Doctorow
           2 copies
  1977 Winter-Spring
176 The Robert H. Taylor Collection. Guest editor: Robert J. Wickenheiser. The Princeton University Library chronicle, volume XXXVIII, numbers 2 and 3, Winter-Spring 1977. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Library, 1977)
            Plate 37 reproduces a pencil sketch by Blake. Includes essay by Gerald Eades Bentley.
  1977 June 9-25
177 Covent Garden Gallery. Early British and European Drawings, Watercolours and Paintings Summer Exhibition June 9th – June 25th William Drummond, Covent Garden Gallery Ltd. 20 Russell Street, (by the Royal Opera House) London, W.C.2.
  1977 July 6-October 9
178 Preston, Harley. London Celebrations Committee for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee presents an Exhibition London and the Thames Paintings of Three Centuries organized by the National Maritime Museum on behalf of the Department of the Environment at Somerset House, 6 July-9 October 1977. Selected and catalogued by Harley Preston. (London: National Maritime Museum, 1977)
  1977 July 16-December 3
179 Farington, Joseph.  Joseph Farington:  watercolours and drawings [exhibited at] Bolton Museum and Art Gallery 16 July to 13 August 1977, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, 27 August to 9 October 1977, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 5 November to 3 December 1977 (Bolton: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Arts Department, 1977)
            2 copies
  1977 September 10-24
180 Somerville, Stephen. John Linnell 1792-1882: A Loan Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings Saturday 10th-Saturday 24th September [1977] 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. excluding Sundays.  Edwin Young Art Gallery Salisbury Library. Salisbury Festival.
  1977
181 Wallis, Peter John. An Eighteenth-Century Book Trade Index based on “Newtoniana” and Book subscription lists by Peter John Wallis. Issued by the Project for Historical Biobibliography at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1977.
  1977
182 Franklin, Colin and Charlotte Franklin. A Catalogue of Early Colour Printing From Chiaroscuro to Aquatint. Colin & Charlotte Franklin, Home Farm, Culham, Oxford. (Oxford, 1977)
            Includes essay on Blake and the Lambeth Prints.
  1977
183 Munby, A. N. L. (Alan Noel Latimer) and Lenore Coral. British Book Sale Catalogues 1676-1800: A Union List (London: Mansell, 1977)
  1977
183A Wallis, Peter John. The North-East Book Trade To 1860: Imprints and Subscriptions. Issued by the Project for Historical Biobibliography at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1977.
  1978 April 18
184 Christie, Manson & Woods. Important Old Master Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts the properties of Miss H. M. Latham, Miss K. Rodmell, Colonel William Stirling and from various sources which will be sold at Auction by Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd. … on Tuesday, April 18, 1978. (London, 1978)
           Nos. 128-130 are William Blake engravings.
  1978 March 9-May 21
185 Butlin, MartinWilliam Blake: exhibition catalogue 9 March-21 May 1978 [at the] Tate Gallery (London: Tate Gallery, 1978)
  1978 March 9-May 21
186 William Blake. Tate Gallery 9 March-21 May 1978 ([London: Tate Gallery, 1978])
A large broadsheet with 22 reproductions given away as a guide to the exhibition.
  1978
187 Tate Gallery. Masterpieces at the Tate. Gallery pamphlet.
            1 folded sheet. C is Blake’s Beatrice addressing Dante from the Car.
  1978 March 21-September 24
188 Josiah Wedgwood: "the Arts and Sciences United":  An exhibition of Josiah Wedgwood's correspondence, experiment books and the ceramic products he developed and manufactured. Held at the Science Museum, London 21 March to 24 September 1978. Library copy lacks all after p. 24.
  1978 October 4-November 26
189 David and Alfred Smart Gallery. Alderman Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery: An Exhibition [4 October-26 November 1978] of the [large] Engravings Made After the Paintings Commissioned by Alderman John Boydell, Organized by the David and Alfred Smart Gallery. With an Introduction Written Expressly for this Catalog by Richard W. Hutton and Catalog Entries Prepared and Written by Laura Nelke. The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, The University of Chicago
  1978 October 19-November 10
190
& 190A
William Blake: An Exhibition of Photographs and Facsimiles [in the] Arts and Social Studies Library, University College, Cardiff Oct 19-Nov 10 1978
48 images of Blake, some modern, organized by Gwynn Ingli James.  He planned a book on the subject, but, when he wrote to Keynes about it, Keynes replied that he had been working for twenty years on the subject, and besides he owned some of the relevant portraits. When Gwynn replied that he would therefore have to content himself with more modest ambitions, Keynes rushed into print with The Complete Portraiture of William and Catherine Blake. The library has the poster of the exhibition and the list from typescript of the reproductions.
  1978 [December]
191 Thomas, Alan G. Fine books Catalogue Thirty-Eight 1978 [received 12 December 1978]
#33-34 are Blake's America pl. 7 and Young, Night Thoughts (1797).
  1978 Winter
191A Samuel Palmer, a Vision Recaptured: the Complete Etchings and Paintings for Milton and for Virgil. [Commemorative Handbook on the occasion of the Samuel Palmer Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, winter 1978-9] (London: Published by Trianon Press Facsimiles for the William Blake Trust, 1978).
  1978
192 Keynes, Geoffrey. A Selection From the Illuminated Books of William Blake, Poet, Printer, Prophet. (London: Published by the Trianon Press, [1978]) 
            Pages 29-104 of Keynes’ earlier work, A study of the illuminated books of William Blake.
  1978
193 Josiah Wedgwood & Sons. The Wedgwood Story. (Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire: Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd., 1978?) In the series Talking about Wedgwood.
  1979 January-February
194 Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. English Book Illustration circa 1800 an exhibition at the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery January through February 1979.
            Nos. 4-6, 21-23 and 30 are works by William Blake.
  1979 April-November
195 The Poetical Circle: Fuseli and the British: Henry Fuseli and James Barry, William Blake, John Brown, John Flaxman, James Jefferys, John Hamilton Mortimer, George Romney, Alexander Runciman. [Catalogue of exhibitions in] Australia, [and Auckland City Art Gallery] New Zealand. 
            Catalogue prepared by Peter Tomory.
  1979 Spring
196 Zeitlin & Ver Brugge (Los Angeles, Calif.) The Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Portfolio Number 4:  Books, Prints, Drawings ([Los Angeles: Zeitlin & Ver Brugge] Spring 1979)
#3 is Songs pl. 7, 10, 33.
  1979 October-November
197 The Art of Illustration a selection of books from 1490 – 1850 [on exhibition] October – November, 1979 [at] Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.
  1979 November 15-December 20
198 P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Exhibition of English Drawings and Watercolours 15th November to 20th December 1979 [by] P & D Colnaghi & Co Ltd 14 Old Bond Street, London W1X 4JL
#27 is Blake’s Witch of Endor.
  1979
199 Doctoral Dissertations on English Literature:  Matthew Arnold, William Blake, Brontë Sisters, Robert Browning, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, John Keats, Rudyard Kipling, George Meredith, William Morris, Sir Walter Scott, George Bernard Shaw, Mary & Percy Shelley ([Ann Arbor:  University Microfilms, 1979])
  1980 March 26-June 22
200 Alexander, David S. and Richard T. Godfrey. Painters and Engraving : the Reproductive Print From Hogharth to Wilkie [catalogue of an exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, March 26-June 22, 1980, prepared by] David Alexander and Richard T. Godfrey.
  1980 April 21-June 15
201 McCord, James. With Corroding Fires:  William Blake as Poet, Printmaker and Painter: A Descriptive Catalogue Of An Exhibition Held at Scribner Library, Skidmore College from April 21 to May 11, 1980 and Schaffer Library, Union College from May 12 to June 15, 1980 (Schenectady, N.Y., 1980)
  1980 August 8-October 2
202 William Blake: ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOOK OF JOB; Henry Fuseli, THE THREE WITCHES OF MACBETH and Associated Works.  [Exhibition at the] Auckland City Art Gallery August 8-October 2 1980. ([Auckland:  Auckland City Art Gallery, 1980])
Photocopy of  17-page catalogue in typescript for Blake's 22 Job engravings, 8 works by Fuseli, and others by Alexander Runciman and Richard Westall.
The Blake section is reprinted in the National Art Gallery of New Zealand catalogue of 11 February-25 March [1981?].
  1980 October 20-November 28
203 Barr Smith LibraryWilliam Blake (1757-1827): An exhibition of books from the Library's collection October 20th-November 28th, 1980 [in] Barr Smith Library University of Adelaide. Exhibition catalogue no. 4. Catalogue by Elizabeth Lee.
  1980
204 Rendells, IncAutograph Letters Manuscripts Documents Rare Books: Catalogue 152 [of] The Rendells, Inc  [154 Wells Avenue, Newton, Massachusetts 02159]
#3 is Blake's receipt of 9 September 1806
  1980
205 Bodleian Library. Book Prospectuses Before 1801 in the Gough Collection, Bodleian Library, Oxford a catalogue with microfiches by J.P. Feather. (Oxford: Oxford Microform Publications, 1980)
            Lacks microfiches.
  1980
205A Todd, Christopher. Ruthven Todd (1914-1978): a preliminary finding-list. (Leeds : The French Department, University of Leeds, 1980)
            Photocopy of typescript.
  [1981?] February 11-March 25
206 Bogle, Andrew. William Blake:  ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOOK OF JOB. [Exhibition at the] National Art Gallery, 11 February-25 March [198 ]. [Wellington, New Zealand: National Art Gallery, (1981?)]
Except for the illustrated title, this is identical to the Blake section of the Auckland City Art Gallery catalogue of 8 August-2 October 1980.
  1981 April 23-July 5
207 Ashton, Geoffrey. Shakespeare and British Art: [An exhibition ... 23 April-5 July 1981 at the] Yale Center for British Art (New Haven, 1981)
  1981 November-1982 February
208 Prints by the Blake Followers:  An Exhibition at the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery November 1981 through February 1982 ([San Marino, California:  The Huntington Library, 1981])
            Catalogue prepared by Shelley Bennett.
  1981
209 Feather, John. The English Provincial Book Trade Before 1850 a checklist of secondary sources. Occasional publication no. 16. (Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society, Bodleian Library, 1981)
  1981
210 Wright, JohnMagnifying Blake's Books [Description of an exhibition at the Department of Rare Books, University of Michigan, 1981]
A 4-page flyer. The same description appeared with the exhibition at the Conference on Blake and Criticism at Santa Cruz, May 1982.
  1981-1982
211 William Blake: Mostra Fotografica Itinerante a Cura del British Council--1981/82 (Roma [1981])
  1982 Jan 27-March 28
212 Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Graphischen Sammlung. Druckgraphik von William Blake aus der Sammlung Neuerburg: Ausstellung in der Graphischen Sammlung des Wallraf-Richartz-Museums vom 27. Januar bis 28. März, 1982 (Köln, 1982)
Exhibition of Innocence (Y) and Job. Catalogue prepared by Götz Czymmek.
  1982 February 5-March 28
213 William Blake to David Hockney a private collection of British prints Ashmolean Museum 5 February – 28 March 1982. Collection owned by Robert Loder. Exhibition and catalogued prepared by Margaret Corsham.
            Nos. 1-11 are William Blake prints.
  1982 February 7-May 8
214 Fine, RuthLessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector ["Published in conjunction with the exhibition Lessing J. Rosenwald:  Tribute to a Collector held at the National Gallery of Art, 7 February-9 May 1982] (Washington, 1982)
The Blake section is pp.76-80, 248-250.
  1982 September 17-October 31
215 Chan, Victor.  Leader of My Angels William Hayley and His Circle an exhibition organized by Victor Chan for The Edmonton Art Gallery in conjunction with the Canadian Society for Eighteenth Century Studies and The University of Alberta September 17 to October 31, 1982. (Edmonton: Edmonton Art Gallery, 1982).
            Nos. 22, 76-83, 98, 114-127 and 132 are Blake items.
  1982 September 15-1983 February 6
215A Bindman, David. William Blake His Art and Times The Yale Center for British Art [15 September-14 November 1982] The Art Gallery of Ontario [3 December 1982-6 February 1983] (New Haven: Yale Center for British Art ; Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982)
  1982 October 3-29
216 Weinglass, David H. Henry Fuseli and the Engraver’s Art by D.H. Weinglass.  Exhibition held at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Library October 3-29, 1982. (Kansas City: The Library, 1982)
  1982 October 5-1983 March 20
217 Crouan, Katharine John Linnell:  A Centennial Exhibition [at the] Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge 5 October-12 December 1982; Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 26 January-20 March 1983 (Cambridge, London, N.Y., New Rochelle, Melbourne, Sydney: Cambridge University Press, 1982)
  1982 November 8-20
218 Crouan, Katharine. John Linnell, Truth to Nature (a Centennial Exhibition) Monday 8th-Saturday 20th November 1982 Martyn Gregory Gallery, London, February 1983 to be exhibited at Davis and Langdale & Co. Inc., New York, N.Y. Introduction and catalogue by Katharine Crouan.  Catalogue 31.
  1982 December 8
219 Christie, Manson & Woods.  Valuable Early Printed Books and Manuscripts the Properties of The Earl of Shelburne, Sir William Gladstone, Bt., The Trustees of The Major N. D. Martin Books Settlement and from various sources which will be sold at Christie’s on Wednesday 8 December 1982. (London: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 1982)
  1982
220 Natoli, Joseph PTwentieth-Century Blake Criticism:  Northrop Frye to the Present [1947-1980]  (N.Y.:  Garland, 1982) Garland Reference Library of the Humanities Vol. 285
  1982
221 Index toSelected Bibliographical Journals 1933-1970. (London: Bibliographical Society, 1982)
  1982
222 Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Drawings by E. F. Burney in the Huntington Collection [by] Patricia Crown. (San Marino, California: The Huntingtong Library, 1982)
  1982-1983
223 E. M. Lawson & Co. Catalogue of Scarce and Interesting Books offered for sale by E. M. Lawson & Co. (Kingsholm, East Hagbourne, Oxfordshire, England: E.M. Lawson & Co., 1982)
            Nos. 11-15 are Blake items. In tribute to Sir Geoffrey Keynes.
  1983 January 17-21, January 25-February 28
223A De Groot, H. B. Blake and the Ancients. [Exhibition held at] University College, 17-21 January 1983 [and] Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library, 25 January – 28 February 1983. Catalogue by H.B. de Groot with the assistance of Susan Douglas-Drinkwater. Mimeograph. ([Toronto: University College, 1983])
  1983 February 9-March 20
224 Pressly, William L. James Barry: The Artist as Hero (London: The Tate Gallery, 1983). Exhibition of 9 February – 20 March, 1983.
  1983 February 26-April 10
225 Henry William Bunbury 1750-1811 [exhibition] 26 February – 10 April 1983. (Sudbury, Suffolk: Gainsborough's House, 1983)
  1983 March 15-April 17
226 Prints by William Blake and His Followers March 15-April 17, 1983, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York [organized by Joseph Viscomi ; catalogue edited by Jo Ann Wimer].  (Ithaca, N.Y.: Office of University Publications, Cornell University, 1983)
  1983 April 1-May 6
227 William Blake: Illustrator & Poet:  An Exhibition of Book Illustrations, Original Engravings, and Illuminated Books in Facsimile From the Collections of Cornell University April 12-May 6, 1983 [in] Olin Library, Cornell University [organized by Joseph Viscomi] (Ithaca, 1983)
  1983 September-October
228 Blake e Dante a cura di Corrado Gizzi. [An exhibition at Torre de' Passeri (Pescara) Casa di Dante in Abruzzo Castello Gizzi settembre-ottobre 1983] (Milano, [settembre] 1983)
  1983
228A [Group of postcards] to accompany exhibition, Blake e Dante, held at Casa di Dante in Abruzzo, settembre-ottobre 1983 (Milano: Mazzotta Editore, 1983). Four postcards showing Blake’s illustrations #’s 66, 91-92 & 96 of Dante’s Divina Commedia.
  1983 September 18-November 13
228B Pressly, Nancy L. Revealed Religion: Benjamin West’s Commissions for Windsor Castle and Fonthill Abbey San Antonio Museum of Art September 18 – November 13, 1983 (San Antonio, Tex.: San Antonio Museum Association, San Antonio Museum of Art, 1983)
  1983 November 22-1984 January 14
229 Schiller-Wapner Galleries in collaboration with Barbara Leibowits Graphics, Ltd. is pleased to present British Arts and the Literary Tradition:  An Exhibition [22 November 1983-14 January 1984] of Paintings, Drawings, Illustrations, Books 1800-1900, 36 East  61st Street, New York, N.Y. 1002
#14-18 are important Blakes. The catalogue flyer calls it British Fine Art, Illustration and the Literary Tradition 1800-1900:  Blake, Ruskin, Rowlandson, Cruikshank, Greenaway, Burne-Jones, Byam Shaw, et al.
  1983 December
230 Ben Abraham Books.  William Blake.  Catalogue three. ([Toronto, December 1983])
113 Blake books for sale.
  1983
231 Pickering & Chatto.  Catalogue 651 a Miscellany of Rare and Interesting Books and Manuscripts from the Stock of Pickering and Chatto incorporating Dawsons of Pall Mall.
           #1 is Blake’s Felpham Rummer.
  1983
232 Edward Young Poet of the Night-Thoughts (1683-1765) an exhibition at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, 1983. (Oxford: Bodleian Library, 1983)
            #31 is Blake’s illustrated ed. of Night thoughts.
  1983
233 Lawrence Lande William Blake CollectionA Catalogue of the Lawrence Lande William Blake Collection in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections of the McGill University Libraries (Montreal, 1983)
  1983
234 Justin G. Schiller, ltd. Realms of Childhood a selection of 200 important historical children’s books manuscripts and related drawings. (New York City, NY: Justin G. Schiller, Ltd., 1983).  Catalogue 41.
           Nos. 84 and 102 are Blake’s Songs of innocence.
  1984 Spring
234A Newsletter (Ackland Art Museum) Aspects of Blake and the Art of His Time in No. 16, Spring, 1984 (Chapel Hill, N.C.: Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina). Article about exhibition, Innis H. Shoemaker, Director & Dean Walker, Curator. Includes Checklist of exhibited works.
  1984 August
234B Ben Abraham Books. List of William Blake Available from Ben Abraham Books August, 1984.
            Library copy lacks 3rd leaf.
  1984 October 9-December 16
235 Lister, RaymondSamuel Palmer and “The Ancients” [Catalogue of an exhibition at the] Fitzwilliam Museum 9 October-16 December 1984 (Cambridge, London, N.Y., New Rochelle, Melbourne, Sydney, 1984)
  1984 Fall
236 Zeitlin & Ver Brugge (Los Angeles, Calif.) Two & Sixty Books with Fore-Edge Paintings from the Seventeenth Century to the Present being a collection of books decorated with watercolor paintings hidden under the gold.  (Los Angeles, Calif., 1984)  Catalogue 279, Fall 1984.
  1984 December 17-18
237 Sotheby’s (Firm)  Continental Illustrated Books English Illustrated and Private Press Books Children’s Books and Juvenilia Related Drawings (London, 1984)
            Lot 318 is Blake’s illustrated edition of Young’s Night thoughts.
  1984 December
238 Ben Abraham Books.  William Blake. Catalogue Four (Toronto, [December] 1984]
  1984
239 Bodleian Library. The Douce Legacy An exhibition to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the bequest of Francis Douce (1757-1834). (Oxford: Bodleian Library, 1984)
            Nos. 136-137 are Blake works.
  1984
240 Viscomi, JosephBlake at Cornell: An Annotated Checklist of Works by and about William Blake in the Cornell University Libraries and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum (Ithaca, N.Y., 1984)
  1984
241 Maxted, Ian. The London Book Trades, 1735-1775: a checklist of members in trade directories and in Musgrave’s “Obituary”. (Exeter: J. Maxted, 1984) Exeter working papers in British book trade history ; 3.
  1984
241A English Caricature 1620 To The Present. Caricaturists and Satirists, Their Art, Their Purpose and Influence (London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1984) ISBN: 090520958
            Compiled by Richard T. Godfrey.
  1985 January
242 Sims, Reed & Fogg 18th & 19th Century Art Books with a Collection of Sales Catalogues: [Catalogue] 70 (London, [January] 1978)
#245 is Young, Night Thoughts (1797) coloured.
  1985 February
242A Ben Abraham Books. Blake List. (Thornhill, Ontario, Canada: Ben Abraham Books, 1985)
  1985 June
242B Ben Abraham Books. Blake List. (Thornhill, Ontario, Canada: Ben Abraham Books, 1985)
  1985 July 22-23
243 Sotheby’s (Firm)  English Literature and History comprising Printed Books, Autograph Letters and Manuscripts … Days of Sale: Monday 22nd July 1985, Tuesday 23rd July 1985. (London, 1985)
#74 is the letters of E.G. Marsh and #550 was the second Cromek prospectus (November 1805) for Blair's Grave (1808).
  1985 December 10-11
244 Sotheby’s (Firm)  Old Master, Decorative, and Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Prints. Days of sale: Tuesday 10th December 1985 and Wednesday 11th December 1985.
#299 is Blake's "Enoch" print.
  1985
245 The English Vision: An Exhibition of Original Prints by William Blake 1757-1827, Samuel Palmer 1805-1881, Edward Calvert 1799-1883 [on sale at the] William Weston Gallery, London. Catalogue no. 11.
  1985
246 Maxted, Ian. The British Book Trades, 1731-1806: a checklist of bankrupts. (Exeter [Eng.]: J. Maxted, 1985) Exeter working papers in British book trade history ; no. 4.
  1985
247 Henry E. Huntington Library and Art GalleryThe Works of William Blake in the Huntington Collections: A Complete Catalogue by Robert N. Essick. (San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, Art Collections, Botanical Gardens, 1985)
  1985
248 Ben Abraham Books.  William Blake. Catalogue Six (Toronto, 1985)
  1985
248A Philip C. Duschnes (Firm) Removal Sale. Catalogue 246. (New York, N.Y., 1985)
           Items 34-42 are Blake related. Library copy lacks p. 3-6.
  1986 January
249 Isaac, Peter C. G. A Third Checklist of Books, Pamphlets and Periodicals Printed by William Bulmer.  (Wylam, Northumberland: Allenholme Press, 1986)
  1986 May 13
250 Christie, Manson & Woods.  Decorative, Sporting and Topographical Prints the properties of the late Admiral the Hon. Sir Alexander Edward Bethell … the estate of Ray Livingston Murphy of New York City, and from various sources which will be sold at Christie’s Great Rooms on Tuesday 13 May 1986.
            Lot 53 is Blake’s etching of Rev. Hawker.
  1986 Spring
250A Ben Abraham Books. William Blake and His Circle: Recent Acquisitions. (Thornhill, Ontario, Canada: Ben Abraham Books, 1986)
  1986 June 11-July 11
251 William Blake and His Contemporaries:  A Loan exhibition [11 June-11 July 1986] in aid of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge [at the] Wildenstein [Gallery] 147 New Bond Street, London
  1986 August-September 6 and September 15-October 3
251A Alexander, David S.  Affecting Moments:  Prints of English Literature Made in the Age of Romantic Sensibility 1775-1800. An exhibition organized for the thirteenth triennial conference of the International Association of Professors of English, University of York, 1986 August-6th September and subsequently shown at Wolfson College, Oxford 15th September – 3rd October.
  1986 December 1-2
252 Sotheby’s (Firm). Old Master, Decorative, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Prints (London, 1986)
#172 is "The Ecchoing Green", Songs pl. 6.
  1986
253 Ben Abraham Books.  William Blake. Catalogue Seven (Toronto, 1986)
  1986
253A Heritage Book Shop Inc. William Blake Material Currently In Stock. (Los Angeles, California: Heritage Book Shop Inc., [1986])
  1987 Spring
254 Maggs Bros.  Bookbinding in the British Isles Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century Part I[II] (London:  Maggs Bros Ltd, 58 Berkeley Square, London W1X 6EL, "Spring 1987") Catalogue 1075.
  1987 Spring
255 James Burmester (Firm)   Catalogue 6 (North Stoke, Bath, 1987?)
            #416 is Blake’s Poetical sketches.
  1987 June 22-September 18
255A The Ingenious Hogarth an exhibition of prints by William Hogarth at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto June 22 – September 18 1987 ([Toronto, Ont.: The Library], 1987)
  1987 July
256 Ben Abraham Books. William Blake. Catalogue Eight ([Toronto, July 1987])
239 entries.
  1987 July
257 Ben Abraham Books. William Blake: Books in Print (Toronto [July 1987])
  1987 November 13
258 Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc.  Printed Books and Manuscripts The Properties of ... Margaret M. Sullivan and from various other sources Friday, November 13, 1987.
It includes #46: Blake's America (R) which Dr Dena Taylor and I went to see in the hope of making a joint bid for it, but this proved scarcely practicable.
  1987 November-1988 February
259 Essick, Robert N. William Blake and His Contemporaries and Followers:  Selected Works from the Collection of Robert N. Essick.  An Exhibition at the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery November 1987 through February 1988 ([San Marino, California, 1987])
  1987 December 1
260 Christie, Manson & Woods.  Important Old Master Prints the Properties of The Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts and from various sources which will be sold … on Tuesday 1 December 1987 … (London, 1987)
            Item #201 is Blake’s Illustrations of the Book of Job, 1825.
  1987
261 Blake, William. William Blake 1987 Calendar The Huntington Library Art Collections and Botanical Gardens (Corte Madera, California: Pomegranate Calendars & Books, 1986)
            Oversize monthly calendar with Blake illustrations.
  1987
262 John Middleton Murry 1889-1957 a collection ([London: C.R. Johnson Rare Book Collections, 1987)
            Items 205-207 are works on Blake.
  1988 February 1-2
263 Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc.  The Estelle Doheny Collection from the Edward Laurence Doheny Memorial Library St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, California Sold on Behalf of The Archdiocese of Los Angeles Part III:  Printed Books and Manuscripts including Western Americana ... At St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, California
#1706 was Songs of Innocence and of Experience (N) and #1715 was Blake's letter of 2 July 1826.
  1988 February 22-April 2
263A Wright, John W. (John Williams) William Blake’s Illuminated Works 1788-1988: An exhibition in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections The University of Michigan Library, February 22 – April 2, 1988. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Library, University of Michigan, 1988)
  1988 March
264 Ben Abraham Books. William Blake  Catalogue nine (Thornhill, Ontario [March 1988])
112 entries.
  1988 October 28-1989 April 30
265 Rorschach, Kimerly. Blake to Beardsley:  The Artist as Illustrator [an Exhibition in] Philadelphia: Rosenbach Museum & Library, 1988
  1988
266 Barr Smith Library. A Catalogue of Blake Material in the Special Collections of the Barr Smith Library compiled by Elizabeth Lee with an introduction by Michael J. Tolley. (Adelaide, 1988)
  1988
267 Lister, Raymond. Catalogue RaisonnÐ of the Works of Samuel Palmer. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988)
  1988
267A Delano-Smith, Catherine and Elizabeth M. Ingram. Maps in Bible in the British Library, 1500-1600 : Finding List (Nottingham: University of Nottingham, Department of Geography, 1988)
  1989 March 21
268 The Larger Blake-Varley Sketchbook Which Will Be Sold at Christie's [London] ... 21 March 1989. (London: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd.)
The only work is the Sketchbook.
  1989 April 5-8
268A Weinglass, David H. Paradise Illumined: Fuseli, Stothard, Westall and Burney, Milton’s Late 18th-Century Illustrators An Exhibition in the General Library of the University of Missouri—Kansas City on the occasion of the Central Renaissance Conference (5 to 8 April 1989) ([Kansas City, Missouri: The Library, 1989])
  1989 April 10-14
269 Barr Smith Library.  English Illustrated Books of the Late Eighteenth Century Exhibition of works from the Library’s collection, 10-14 April 1989, Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide. Exhibition catalogue no. 14.
  1989 September
270 Ben Abraham Books. Recent Acquisitions William Blake and His Circle September 1989. (Thornhill, Ontario, 1989)
  1989
271 National Gallery of VictoriaWilliam Blake in the Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria [by] Martin Butlin and Ted Gott with an Introduction by Irena Zdanowicz (Melbourne, 1989) The Robert Raynor Publications in Prints and Drawings no. 3.
  1990
271A W. and V. Dailey (Firm) William Blake Offered by William & Victoria Dailey Antiquarian Books (Los Angeles, California, William & Victoria Dailey Antiquarian Books, 1990?)
  1990 June
272 Ben Abraham Books. William Blake Catalogue eleven (Thornhill, Ontario [June 1990])
373 entries.
  1990 June 28
273 Christie, Manson & Woods. Important Old Master Prints and British Colour Linocuts which will be sold … on Thursday 28 June 1990 [by] Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
  1990 July
273A Essick, Robert N.  Thomas Stothard: A Handlist of Prints after Stothard’s Designs in the Collection of Robert N. Essick. (July 1990) Printed in an edition of four copies.
  1990 September 1-October 28
274 Wiriamu Bureiku (Yanagi:  Blake no deai):  William Blake (Great Encounter:  Yanagi and Blake) [An exhibition 1 September-28 October 1990 held at The Japan Folk Crafts Museum (Tokyo: Japan Folk Crafts Museum, 1990)
It includes Bentley, G. E. (Gerald Eades), Jr., "William Blake to sozoryoku no teikoku:  William Blake and the Empire of the Imagination" (pp. 10-15, 16-231). Library has 2 copies.
  1990 September 25-November 25
275 Wiriamu Bureiku Ten: 1990-nen 9-gatsu 22-nichi-11-gatsu 25-nichi, Kokuritsu Seiyo Bijutsukan.  [Catalogue of an exhibition at] The National museum of Western Art, Tokyo (Tokyo, 1990)
  1990 September 25-November 25
276 Wiriamu Bureiku Ten: 1990-nen 9-gatsu 22-nichi-11-gatsu 25-nichi, Kokuritsu Seiyo Bijutsukan.  [Catalogue of an exhibition at] The National museum of Western Art, Tokyo (Tokyo, 1990) 2nd edition.
  1990 November 5-December 14
277 Trianon Press Archive Exhibition November 5 – December 14, 1990 University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.  Checklist by Julie Fawcus.
  1990
278 Fitch, DonaldBlake Set to Music:  A Bibliography of Musical Settings of the Poems and Prose of William Blake.  (Berkeley, Los Angeles, Oxford, 1990)  University of California Publications:  Catalogues and Bibliographies, Volume 5
  1990
279 Butlin, MartinWilliam Blake 1757-1827  (London, 1990) Tate Gallery Collections Volume Five
            Third edition of catalogue of works by William Blake in The Tate Gallery first published in 1957.
  1990
279A Thoemmes Antiquarian Books.  William Blake: The Blake Library of the Renowned Bibliographer and Blake Scholar Edwin Wolf II An Outstanding Collection Of 400 Items Including Books Pamphlets And Wolf’s Archive Of Unpublished Correspondence ([Bristol, England]: Thoemmes Antiquarian Books, [1990?])
  1990
280 Blake, William.   William Blake 1990 Calendar Fitzwilliam Museum  (Petaluma, California: Pomegranate Calendars & Books, 1989)
            Oversize monthly calendar with Blake illustrations.
  1990
280A James Bisset : a collection (London: C.R. Johnson Rare Book Collections, 1990?)
  1991 February
280B Dörrbecker, Detlef W.  Thomas Stothard: A Handlist of Prints after Stothard’s Designs in the Collection of D.W. Dörrbecker. (February 1991) Printed in an edition of four copies.
  1991 February 14-1993 January 24
281 Palmer, Samuel. Samuel Palmer: visionary printmaker.  A loan exhibition from the British Museum Department of Prints and Drawings [at the Holburne Museum and Crafts Study Centre, Bath, 14 February-30 April 1991; Newport Museum and Art Gallery, Newport, Gwent, 4 May-29 June 1991; Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, 3 October-14 November 1991; Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle, 24 January-14 March 1992; British Museum Print Room 3 December 1992-24 January 1993]) ([London:  British Museum Print Room, 1991])
  1991 May
281A Essick, Robert N.  Henry Fuseli: A Handlist of Drawings by Fuseli and of Prints Based on His Designs in the Collection of Robert N. Essick. (May 1991) Printed in an edition of four copies.
  1991 May
281B Essick, Robert N.  Thomas Stothard: A Handlist of Prints after Stothard’s Designs in the Collection of Robert N. Essick. Second Edition, with additions (including the Medium Bray) and corrections.(May 1991) Printed in an edition of three copies.
  1991 June
281C Essick, Robert N.  Henry Fuseli: A Handlist of Drawings by Fuseli and of Prints Based on His Designs in the Collection of Robert N. Essick. (June 1991) Second printing, with revisions. Printed in an edition of three copies.
  1991 July 10-November 3
282 Tate Gallery.  William Blake and his Followers.  [An exhibition at the] Tate Gallery, 10 July-3 November 1991.
            Prepared by Robin Hamlyn.
  1991 July
282A Essick, Robert N.  William Blake Facsimiles By William Muir And His Circle: A Handlist of Materials in the Collection of Robert N. Essick. (July 1991) Based on an earlier typescript, with additions and corrections. Printed in an edition of 3 copies.
  1991 Fall
283 Jeff Weber Rare Books.  Fore-edge Paintings Catalogue Sixteen [prepared by] Jeff and Linda Weber.  Fall 1991  (Glendale, Calif., 1991)
  1991 October
283A Dörrbecker, Detlaf W.  More Muir: William Blake Facsimiles By William Muir And His Circle A Handlist of Copies in the Libraries of D.W. Dörrbecker and Some Other Collectors, and a Record of Copies That Have Been Offered for Sale in Recent Years. Compiled by D.W. Dörrbecker. (October 1991) Five copies of this typescript have been produced.
  1991 December
283B W. & V. Dailey (Firm)  William Blake (Los Angeles, CA: W & V Dailey Limited, Antiquarian Books & Fine Prints, [1991])
           52 items.
  1991
284 Essick, Robert N. William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations a Catalogue and Study of the Plates Engraved by Blake after Designs by Other Artists.  (1991)
            A 1989 draft copy without illustrations of work later published by Clarendon Press, 1991.
  1991
285 The Painted Word:  British History Painting, 1750-1830 edited by Peter Canon-Brookes with contributions by Peter Cannon-Brookes, Martin Butlin, David Alexander, Geoffrey Ashton, Martin Postle and Michael Bellamy.  (Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 1991) Catalogue of an exhibition held at Heim Gallery.
  1991
286 Pickering & Chatto.  General Catalogue 686 (London, 1991)
            No. 164 is Blake’s Poetical sketches.
  1991
287 Blake, William.  William Blake Masterpieces. 1991 Calendar.  (Petaluma, Calif.: Pomegranate Calendars & Books, 1990)
  1992 May 13-August 16
288 William Blake:  The Apprentice Years.  [An exhibition at the] Tate Gallery 13 May-16 August 1992 (London:  Tate Gallery Publications, 1992)  (2 copies)
            Text by Robin Hamlyn.
  1992 November 4-December 31
289 Blake, William.  William Blake:  Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings [exhibited 4 November-31 December 1992 at Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc.].  Essays by Martin Butlin and Robin Hamlyn (N.Y.:  Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc., 1992)
  1992 December 14-15
290 Sotheby’s (Firm)  English Literature and History, Private Press and Illustrated Books, Related Drawings including … an important autograph letter by Blake.  Days of sale: 14th December – 15th December 1992.
            Lots 15-16 are Blake related.
  1993 January 23-February 21
291 Alexander David SAffecting Moments:  Prints of English Literature Made in the Age of Romantic Sensibility 1775-1800 [Catalogue of an exhibition at the University of York 23 January-23 February 1993 and elsewhere] (York:  University of York [sold in aid of the Laurence Sterne Trust, Shandy Hall], 1993)
  1993
291A Angelica Kauffman:  A Continental Artist in Georgian England edited by Wendy Wassyng Roworth (London: Reaktion Books, 1992)
  1993 January 23-March 7
291B Angelica Kauffman:  A Continental Artist in Georgian England : York City Art Gallery, Exhibition Square, 23 January - 7 March 1993 : list of works. Typescript exhibition catalogue.
  1993 May 1-June 26
  University of Glasgow
292 William Blake and His Circle.  [An exhibition] 1 May-26 June 1993 [at the] Hunterian Art Gallery:  University of Glasgow.  [Glasgow, 1993]
  1993 October 2-November 28
  Norwich Castle Museum
293 William Blake:  Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims [text, Robin Hamlyn and Andrew Moore].  [Catalogue of an exhibition 2 October-28 November 1993 at Norwich Castle Museum.]  (Norwich:  Norfolk Museums Service, 1993)  [Norfolk and Norwich Festival]
  1993 October 4-November 6
  Durham University
294 Fuller, David.  William Blake, 1757-1827  an exhibition of the holdings of Durham University  and Dean and Chapter Libraries October-November, 1993. Catalogue by David Fuller. Title on cover: William Blake in Durham Libraries.
  1993 October 14
295 Norfolk and Norwich Festival.   Curtain Up!: 7-17 October 1993, Norfolk and Norwich Festival. 
            Includes programme notes on musical performance by Britten Sinfonia of Dmitri Smirnov’s The moonlight story, a work inspired by William Blake’s drawing of Malevolence (pp. 57-58)
   1993 November 30
296 Christie, Manson & Woods.  Books and Prints by William Blake from the Collection formed by the late Frank Rinder, Esq.  To be sold by Christie's (London) 30 November 1993
A number of important Blakes were sold by Mrs Ramsay Harvey.
  1993 November
297 Ben Abraham Books.  William Blake  Catalogue Twelve (Thornhill, Ontario, 1993)
            166 items.
  1993
298 William Blake:  The Poetry Bookshop List 86 (West House, Broad Street, Hay-on-Wye via Hereford HR3 5DB [1993])
  1994 August 1-14
299 House of William Blake.  Tyger Tyger  An Interior for William Blake Exhibition1794-1994 the bicentenary of The Songs of Innocence and of Experience.  Open Monday to Sunday 1st to 14th August [in] The House of William Blake, 17 South Molton St, Mayfair, London [1994].
A poster-catalogue listing 135 works from telephones and Fluorescent Tube Lampshades to "a prophetic cake" (as the invitation describes it) and Autosterograms.
  1994 September-1995 January 15
300 Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.  William Blake's Illuminated Prints, 1788-1822:  [An exhibition September 1994-15 January 1995 at] The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.  ([San Marino, California, 1994])
A stiff sheet folded to make 8 octovo leaves, with a "Handlist to the Exhibition". 2 copies.
  1994 September/October
300A Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.  Calendar. September/October 1994 (San Marino, Calif.: The Library, 1994)
            Article on exhibition, William Blake’s Illuminated Prints.
  1994 November
301 Adam Mills Rare Books Occasional List (Cottenham, Cambridge, [Nov 1994])
The catalogue (#1-41) is entirely devoted to "William Blake 1757-1827".
  1994
301A Blake, William.   William Blake  Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge 1994 Calendar  (Rohnert Park, California: Pomegranate Calendars & Books, 1993)
           Monthly calendar with Blake illustrations.
  1995 February 6-17
302 Genitals Are Beauty (Exhibition)  The Genitals are Beauty: a mixed media exhibition 6-17 February 1995 [at the] House of William Blake Design & Advertising.  ([London:  The House of William Blake, 1995)
The catalogue is a small Brown paper bag listing (with prices) 42 items in knitting, T-shirts, automata, vases, &c., with no apparent relationship to Blake save, occasionally, the titles, e.g.,"The Lineaments of Desire". 
  1995
302A The Genitals are Beauty [by] Veronique Maria and others. (London:  House of William Blake, February 1995), 47 cards 4" x 4", fastened with a pin.
  1995 Früjahr
303 Moirandat Company Bücher & Autographen Katalog Drei:  Autographen aus den Gebieten Literature, Musik, Bildende Kunst, Wissenschaften und Geschichte sowie ein Anhang "Strange Papers", Karikaturen Marmorpapiere Pennsylvania Dutch Tauf- und Geburtsschiene, Photographien, Scherenschnitte [silhouettes], Früjahr 1995 (Basel, Schweiz:  Morandat Company AG, 1995)
  1995 July 17-27
304 Betz, Paul FRomantic Archaeologies:  Comprehending Some Images of the Age and Selected Women Writers.  [An exhibition 17-27 July 1995 at the] Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery, The University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1995
Catalogue by Mr Betz of works from his collection, including as #7-10 three prints by Blake and a copy by W.B. Scott of Blake's "St Matthew".
  1995 August 11-1996 February 18
305 Lloyd, StephenRichard & Maria Cosway:  Regency Artists of Taste and Fashion.  [Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh from 11 August to 22 October 1995 and at the National Portrait Gallery, London from 17 November 1995 to 18 February 1996].  With Essays by Roy Porter & Aileen Ribeiro (Edinburgh:  Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1995)
  1995 December
307 The Blake Collection of Joseph Holland & Vincent Newton With Additions from our Inventory (San Francisco:  John Windle, [Dec] 1995) List Twenty-Six.
  1995
308 Dörrbecker, Detlef W"In ... Cambridge & in Oxford, places of Thought":  Blake in British Theses, 1950-1994 (Trier an der Mosel, 1995)
  1995
309 Poetry Bookshop. Author List No. 1:  William Blake (Hay-on-Wye, via Hereford, Wales:  The Poetry Bookshop, 1995)
  1996 February 2-7 April
310 Blake, William.  William Blake:  visiones de mundos eternos (1957-1827).  [Exhibition] 2 de febrero-7 de abril de 1966 [at the] Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundación "la Caixa", Madrid [Tr. Gabriel Sánchez Espinosa, Russell B. Sacks, & Elvira Villena] (Madrid:  Fundación "la Caixa", 1996)  In Spanish
           Catalogue prepared by Robin Hamlyn.
  1996 April 17-June 2
311 Blake, William.  William Blake:  visions de mons eterns (1757-1827):  [Exhibition] 17 d'abril-2 de juny de 1996 [at the] Centre Cultural de la Fundacio "la Caixa", Barcelona [Tr. Ignasi Sardá, Russell B. Sachs, Elvira Villena] (Barcelona:  Fundació "la Caixa", 1996)  Almost the same catalogue in Catalan
           Catalogue prepared by Robin Hamlyn.
  1996 November 14
312 Sotheby’s (Firm) Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century British Drawings and Watercolours.  Auction:  Thursday, 14 November, 1996, Sotheby's (London:  Sotheby's, 1996)
Blake's Bunyan drawings from the Frick.
  1996?
313 Gilbert, R.A.  [sale catalogue].  William Blake (Bristol:  R.A. Gilbert, [?1996])
An 11-page list of 330 Blake items for sale en bloc, without price.
  1997 April 2-July 6
314 Noon, Patrick JThe Human Form Divine:  William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (New Haven & London:  Yale University Press [for the Yale Center for British Art, 1997)
  1997 April
314A Noon, Patrick J. “A 'Mad' But Compelling Vision” Pp. 26-32 in Yale Alumni Magazine, April 1977/Volume LX, Number 6.
            Adapted from his essay for the catalog of the exhibition, The Human Form Divine: William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection.
            2 copies.
  1997 April 13-July 6
315 The Visionary Company:  Blake's Contemporaries and Followers.  [Catalogue of an exhibition] April 13-July 6, 1997 [at the] Yale Center for British Art ([New Haven:  Yale Center for British Art, 1997])
           Text of catalogue by Jessica Todd Smith.
  1997 November 1-1998 January 11
316 Cormack, MalcolmWilliam Blake:  Illustrations of the Book of Job [Exhibition 1 November 1997-11 January 1998 at the] Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond:  Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1997)
  1997 November 26
317 Christie, Manson & WoodsValuable Printed Books and Manuscripts including ... A rare proof sheet of Blake's Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Christie’s, 26 Nov 1997.
#93-160 are "Books from the Library of the Late George Goyder C.B.E. Sold by Order of the Executors".
  1998 April 8
318 Sotheby’s (Firm)Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century British Drawings and Watercolours Auction:  Wednesday 8 April 1998 (London:  Sotheby's, 1998)
            Lot 151 is The larger Blake-Varley sketchbook.
  1998 June 22-September 6
319 William Blake and his Circle:  Exhibition Guide, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, June 22-September 6 1998 (Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 1998)
  1998 November
320 John Windle (Firm)  William Blake List Twenty-Nine (San Francisco:  John Windle, Autumn [November] 1998)
  1999?
320A Essick, Robert N.  William Blake Facsimiles In Photographic Reproduction Issued by Frederick Hollyer Of London A Handlist of Materials in the Collection of Robert N. Essick. Compiled by the Collector at the Instigation of DWD [who has edited, enlarged, and typed the list …]
  1999 January 27-May 2
321 The Wormsley Library:  A Personal Selection by Sir Paul Getty, K.B.E.  [Catalogue of an exhibition held at The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 27 January-2 May 1999] Catalogue by H. George Fletcher, Robert J.D. Harding, Bryan D. Maggs, William M. Voelkle, and Roger S. Wieck. Edited by George Fletcher (London:  Published for The Wormsley Library by Maggs Bros. Ltd in co-operation with The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1999)
           Item 69 is Blake’s Songs of innocence and of experience (P).
  1999 April 22-25
322 Sotheby’s (Firm)The Estate of Mrs. John Hay Whitney (Sotheby (N.Y.), Thursday April 22-Sunday April 25 1999)
The sale included, on 23 April, the long-lost First Book of Urizen (E). Library has 2 copies.
  1999 April 19-May 21, June 8 – July 9
323 Palmer, Samuel.  Samuel Palmer 1805 – 1881 the Complete Etchings [exhibitions at] The Fine Art Society, London 19 April – 21 May 1999 [and] C.G. Boerner Inc., New York, NY 8 June – 9 July 1999.  (London: Fine Art Society, 1999)
  1999 November
323A Essick, Robert N.  The Poetry of William Blake, Published by William Pickering and his Successors, 1839-1887: A Handlist of Editions in the Collection of Robert N. Essick. Second revised issue. (November 1999)
  2000 April 6
323B John Windle (Firm)  New Blake Stock (San Francisco, CA: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, [2000])
  2000 October 18-November 17
324 Blake’s Heaven A Tribute Exhibition to William Blake at Scolar Fine Art/Gordon Samuel … London … in association with: James Huntington-Whiteley … London.
            Modern British works influenced by Blake’s vision of Heaven.
  2000 November 9-February 11, 2001
325 William Blake  [edited by] Robin Hamlyn and Michael Phillips [with] introductory essays by Peter Ackroyd and Marilyn Butler.  Catalogue of exhibition at Tate Britain, London, 9 November 2000-11 February 2001, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 27 March-24 June 2001.
  2000 November 9-February 11, 2001
326 Tate Britain (Gallery)   William Blake, Tate Britain, 9 November 2000 – 11 February 2001.  Editor: Sarah Greenberg.  (London: Tate Britain, 2000).
           Exhibition pamphlet. 2 copies.
  2001 August
326A Fuller, David. “William Blake.” Pp. 56-57, in Apollo: the International Magazine of the Arts, August 2001, Vol. CLIV no. 474 (New Series)
  2000
327 John Windle (Firm).   William Blake Catalogue Thirty-One  (San Francisco:  John Windle, 2000)
  2001 June 7
328 Christie, Manson & Woods.  British Art on Paper Thursday, 7 June 2001.  (London: Christie’s, 2001)
  2001 September 15-October 31
328A Finley, William Kirkland.  William Blake, Dreamer Of Dreams September – October 31, 2001 Special Collections Division of Jackson Library The University of North Carolina Greensboro ([Greensboro]: The Library, [2001])
  2001 Fall
328B Among Friends of Jackson Library. Volume 1, Issue 3, Fall 2001 (Greensboro: Jackson Library, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro, 2001)
            Issue devoted to Library’s one-millionth volume, Blake’s Illustrations of the book of Job.
  2001 October 8-9
329 The Library of Abel E. Berland.  Part I: Important English Literature, Science and Philosophy, Monday, 8 October 2001.  (New York, New York: Christie’s, 2001)
            Lot 6 is Blake’s Songs of innocence (J).
  2001 December 14
330 Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc.  The Estelle Doheny Collection from St. Mary’s of the Barrens, Perryville, Missouri Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts Friday, 14 December 2001.
(New York, New York : Christie’s, 2001)
  2001 December 18
331 Christie, Manson & Woods.  Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints Tuesday, 18 December 2001.  (London: Christie’s, 2001)
           Lots 83-85 are Blake items, including George Cumberland visiting card.
  2001 December
331A Lloyd, Richard.  “Blake's Visions.” P. 12, in Christie's Magazine, December 2001, Vol. 18, No. 7.
  2001
332 John Windle (Firm).   William Blake Catalogue Thirty-Two  (San Francisco:  John Windle, 2001)
  2002 January 26-March 31
333 Prints by William Blake “Portions of the Eternal World” 26 January – 31 March 2002 (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Art Museum, 2002)
  2002 March-May
333A Krafft, Scott.  The Commercial Mr. Blake: William Blake As Book Illustrator and Copy Engraver. An Exhibition at the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Northwestern University Library March – May 2002.
            Pamphlet to accompany exhibit.
  2003 January 19-May 25
334 Essick, Robert N.  Vision and Verse: William Blake at The Huntington The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, MaryLou and George Boone Gallery January 19 – May 25, 2003.
            Prepared by Robert N. Essick.
  2003 November 27
335 Sotheby’s (Firm)  The British Sale: Paintings & Watercolours London Thursday 27 November 2003.  (London: Sotheby’s, 2003)
  2003
336 Jarndyce, Antiquarian Booksellers. The Romantics: Part One: BYRON, Blake, Bowles, Campbell, Clare, & Other Authors A-C.  Catalogue CLV, Winter 2003-2004.  (London, [Autumn 2003])
8°, 818 lots, the Blakes are #1-24.
  2003
337 John Windle (Firm) William Blake Catalogue Thirty-Six.  (San Francisco: John Windle, [October] 2003)   4°, iv, 88 pp., no ISBN
  2004
337A Zhang, Jing’er.  William Blake in Taiwan [manuscript] A Bibliography.  Typescript.
  2004 May 5
338 Sotheby’s (Firm).  Property of the Greentree Foundation from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. John Hay Whitney William Blake’s Good and evil angels  New York  May 5, 2004.
            Lot 5 of Sale 7989.
  2004 June 3
339 Christie, Manson & Woods.  British Art on Paper, including Victorian Watercolours from the Albert Dawson Collection, sold to benefit the Albert Dawson Educational Trust Thursday 3 June 2004.  (London: Christie’s, 2004)
            Lot 70 is two Blake drawings.
  2004 June 23
340 Dominic Winter Book Auctions.  Printed Books & Maps Atlases, Travel, Photography & Natural History Early Printed Bibles & Serampore Press Science & Medicine Wednesday 23 June 2004.
(Swindon, Wiltshire: Dominic Winter Book Auctions, 2004)
  2004 July 6-October 31
341 Woof, Robert and Howard J.M. Hanley and Stephen Hebron.  Paradise Lost: The Poem and its Illustrators.  An exhibition held July 6-October 31, 2004 at Wordsworth Museum.  (Grasmere: The Wordsworth Trust, 2004)
            55 Blake reproductions (including all 12 from the Thomas [Huntington] set of Paradise Lost) ISBN: 1870787943
  2004 September
341A Paradise Lost, the Poem and Its Illustrators Exhibition Press Cuttings. Compiled by Alan King ([Grasmere]: The Wordsworth Trust, September 2004)
Photocopies of various magazine and newspaper reviews of the exhibition, "Paradise Lost, the poem and its illustrators" which took place July 6 to October 31, 2004 at the Woodsworth Museum.
  2004
342 A Directory of the Parochial Libraries of the Church of England and the Church in Wales.  First edited by Neil Ker; revised edition edited by Michael Perkin (London: Bibliographical Society, 2004)
Small quarto, in black cloth.
  2004 November
342A Porter, Melinda Camber.  An Exhibition of Luminous Bodies [computer file]. By Melinda Camber Porter. Curator Robin Hamlyn.
            1 cd-rom.
  2004 February 5-March 2
342B Porter, Melinda Camber.  Melinda Camber Porter The Arousal Of Nature: An Exhibition of Twenty Oils on Canvas. February 5 – March 2, 2005. (New York, NY: Walter Wickiser Gallery, 2004)
  2005 November
342C John Windle (Firm).  William Blake And His Circle: Books of Scholarship, Books of Beauty. Catalogue Forty (San Francisco: John Windle, Antiquarian Bookseller, 2005)
  2006 Summer
342D Jeff Weber Rare Books.  The Hidden Book Decoration: Fore-edge Paintings. Catalogue (Jeff Weber Rare Books) ; 134 (Glendale, Calif.: Jeff Weber Rare Books, 2006)
  2006
342E John Windle (Firm)  Blake Plates.  Catalogue Forty-Two (San Francisco: John Windle, Antiquarian Bookseller, 2006)
  2006 July 20-September 15
342F William Blake Visionary & Illustrator (Columbia, S.C.: Rare Books & Special Collections, Thomas Cooper Library, University of South Carolina, 2006)  Exhibition catalogue. Preface by Patrick Scott.
  2006 September 15-October 28
342G All Genius Varies: A Display Celebrating William Blake (1757-1827) at the Bodleian Library 15 September – 28 October 2006. Exhibition catalogue.
  2006
342H Hamlyn, Robin.  William Blake Illuminates the Works of Melinda Camber Porter: Lecture. An Exhibition of Twenty-three Works on Paper by Melinda Camber Porter from the Luminous Bodies Series Introduction by Dr. Frances Lannon. Opening Comments by The Reverend Dr. Allan Doig. (Oxford: Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University, 2004)
  2005 Summer
342J Cloud & Vision ([London: Parabola], 2005)
            Exhibition curated by Danielle Arnaud, Jordan Kaplan and Philip Norman and presented at the Museum of Garden History, London, summer, 2005.
  2005 October 21-2006 January 22 & 2006 March 7-May 28
342K Vaughan, William and Elizabeth E. Barker and Coliln Harrison.  Samuel Palmer, 1805-1881: Vision and Landscape. With Contributions by David Bindman, David Blayney Brown, Alexandra Greathead, Marjorie Shelley and Scott Wilcox. Exhibition shown at the British Museum and at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Burlington, VT: Lund Humphries, 2005)
  2006 November 23
342L Sotheby’s (Firm)  Important British Drawings, Watercolours and Portrait Miniatures London Thursday 23 November 2006 (London: Sotheby’s, 2006)
            Lot 192 is Blake’s Tiriel led by Hela.
  2007 March 31-June 10
342M Martin, Simon, Martin Butlin and Robert Meyrick.  Poets in the Landscape: The Romantic Spirit in British Art (Chichester: Pallant House Gallery, 2007)