SELINCOURT, Basil de. William Blake.

(London): Duckworth & Co., 1909. First edition. Hardcover.  xi, 298 pages.  A substantial critical and biographical study of the life, thought, and artistic development of William Blake. De Sélincourt examines Blake’s poetry, prophetic books, and visual art in relation to his philosophy, mysticism, and social vision. Chapters trace Blake’s early influences, his London milieu, his relation to contemporary Romantic and religious thought, and his theory of imagination and symbolism. Includes discussion of the Songs of Innocence and Experience, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, The Book of Urizen, and the later prophetic works, together with assessments of his designs and engravings. Illustrated with plates reproducing Blake’s drawings and engravings.  A very good copy, previous owner’s presentation on the front endpaper, in original decorated cloth.