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One of 150 copies printed on specially made paper at the Chiswick Press, London. 9 inches x 11 ¼ in. x 2 ¾ in. (thick); half-title with limitation statement on the reverse; color frontispiece (Glad Day), with tissue guard; title-page printed in blue and black with a Blake illustration; dedication page; preface; contents; list of illustrations. xvi, 516 pp. + printer's page with device in red. Index and errata. Illustrated with reproductions of Blake's pictorial works; four are in full color, forty reproductions in monochrome, and twelve other reproductions in the text. Dark blue morocco leather spine with gilt-lettered titling and design on the spine, dark blue cloth over boards, top-edge gilt, rough, deckled edges. The spine ends show some rubbing to the leather, small scratches to the lower spine leather, wear to cover corners, light, age-related tanning to the endpapers, a few dust spots present. Overall, a near fine copy. With the bookplate of Cleveland, Ohio based book collector, William G. Mather (1857-1951), on the front paste-down end-paper; he was associated with the Cleveland Museum of Art. Weight: 6 1/2 lbs. Postage is extra on this item.