Genesis : the seven days of the created world : manuscript, [1797].

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Genesis : the seven days of the created world : manuscript, [1797].

Autograph manuscript by William Blake, a unfinished translation, probably by Hayley, of the opening lines of Tasso's Le sette giornate del mondo creato ... ; 209 lines, with 5 additional canceled lines, written on one side of leaves 2-9 inclusive (8 p.) of a small quarto notebook, containing 28 p. of otherwise blank handmade paper watermarked 1797.

1 bound ms. (8, 28 p.) ; 8 x 7 cm.

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Princeton University Library

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