Blake and the youthful ancients : autograph and printed dummy, 1956.

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Blake and the youthful ancients : autograph and printed dummy, 1956.

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Preparatory printed and autograph macquette/dummy for Baskin's book "Blake and the youthful ancients", with the printed t.p. followed by the text of the t.p. in Baskin's hand; 3 mounted newsclippings of biographical article on Leonard Baskin by Bennet Schiff's, dated 1955, which served as the preface for the published book; and 18 wood engravings annotated in pencil by Baskin, with four of them incorporating original pencil sketches by the artist; printed colophon pasted in, followed by manuscript version of the colophon in Baskin's hand; printed slip pasted onto verso of last leaf reads: The Gehenna Press--Titans Pier--South Hadley, Mass.; with a pencil note in Baskin's hand: Dummy for Blake & The Youthful Ancients 1956.

1 item (25 leaves) ; 18 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Blake, William, 1757-1827

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Epithet: poet, engraver, artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x0001f1 The original manuscript was acquired in 1847 by the English poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti. It is now, British Library. Add. 49460. From the description of Rossetti manuscript : [stats], 1935. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612881103 English artist, poet and mystic. From the description of Au...

Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000

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Sculptor and graphic artist; Leeds, Mass. and Devon, England. b. 1922, in New Brunswick, N.J. d. Northampton, Mass., June 3, 2000, age 77. Worked on FDR memorial in Washington, DC. Studied at Yale Univ. Founded the Gehenna Press in 1942. Taught at Smith College, in Northampton, MA, 1953-1974, and Hampshire College, in Amherst, MA, 1984-1994. From the description of Oral history interview with Leonard Baskin, 1969 Apr. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220184...