BLAKE, William
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
London: The Folio Society, 2023
Illustrated by BLAKE, William; BLAKE, Catherine
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William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience. London: The Folio Society, 2023. First printing thus. Introduced by Patti Smith. Reproduced from Copy W, held at King's College, Cambridge, printed by Blake c. 1825. Fully bound in Brillianta cloth blocked in gold foil with Blake's original lettering. Set in Caslon and printed by Graphicom, Italy, on Arena paper with Materica Terra Rossa endpapers. Featuring border decorations attributed to Blake's wife, Catherine Blake. 160 pages. Ribbon marker. Gilded on all 3 page edges. Presented in a clamshell box bound in Princesslein cloth with an inset label and lined with Arena paper printed with a detail from 'The Blossom' Book. 11⅕˝ x 8⅘˝. Box 12⅕˝ x 9½˝.
Every poem in this Folio edition is perfectly reproduced from one of the finest surviving copies of William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience, known as ‘Copy W’, now held at King’s College, University of Cambridge. Speaking of the reasons for deciding to choose 'Copy W' as the source, Folio’s Production Director Kate Grimwade said in a recent blog:
"There are multiple copies of Songs of Innocence and of Experience in libraries around the world, but we were drawn to Copy W held at King’s College, Cambridge for several reasons: because of its perfect condition, because we understood it to have particularly intense colouring, and finally because the borders around each picture had been drawn by Blake’s wife, Catherine, which we felt was a lovely story. As always, one learns so much from getting close to a manuscript.
When Tom (Walker, Folio’s publisher) and I first saw it earlier this year, we were astonished to discover that these exquisite illustrations which we knew so well, were in fact set within a large page. So often these images have been reproduced as a small book, but having seen the originals, we felt we should reproduce the pages at full size, within a border, to create a much more luxurious reading experience and, of course, be true to Blake’s vision."
You can read the full interview and blog post over on the Folio Society's website at the following link and watch below video from the Folio Society YouTube channel for a detailed view of this beautiful edition.
This is a new book in the publisher's original paper wrapping. An experience as close as possible to that of sitting with Blake's original manuscript; a truly beautiful production and, in our humble opinion, one of Folio's superior standard offerings.
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