* * * * O C T O B E R 2 0 2 4 * B A U M A N R A R E B O O K S 5 LIMITED EDITION OF BLAKE’S MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL, 1960, A SUPERB FACSIMILE VOLUME, ONE OF ONLY 526 COPIES, WITH 27 COLOR PLATES 5. BLAKE, William. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. London, 1960. Tall slim folio, original half green morocco, slipcase. $1400 Limited edition, number 348 of only 480 copies (from a total edition of 526), a beautiful facsimile edition of Blake’s illuminated masterpiece, from an original copy at the Library of Congress, with 27 color plates. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (circa 1790) has been praised as the greatest and “most complex work of Blake’s early years. It consists of 24 plates (as well as three further plates under the separate title ‘A Song of Liberty’) and has at its heart an opposition between Heaven, conceived as an image of restraint and passivity, and Hell, an image of energy and action” (Punter, “Marriage of Heaven and Hell”). Only nine complete copies of the Marriage of Heaven and Hell are known. This edition, printed on Arches pure rag paper to match that used by Blake, is based on the copy in the Rosenwald Collection at the Library of Congress. Bookplate. Bentley 106. Spine evenly toned. Fine condition.
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