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Rare Books
Plates 2-27, 34-36, 53-54. Plates 2-4 rectos blank, Plates 5-27, 34-36, 53-54 printed recto/verso. Delicately tinted with watercolors, mostly in blue, green and rose.
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Lacking plate 3 (a "Preface" present in only 2 copies). The elaborate hand coloring was apparently not done by Blake. Keynes and Wolf 1953, no. 83 say the coloring was added by Walter T. Spencer, London bookdealer, sometime after February 1913.
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Lacking title page; contains plate 1 (Frontispiece), and plates 3-10. Bentley copy A. The title page is from "There is no natural religion" (plate a2, Bentley copy M)
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Bentley copy E. Lacking plate 31 ("The Clod & the Pebble"); Plate 15 ("Laughing Song") in two impressions. Plates 2-27, 34-36, 53-54 etched 1789. Plates 1, 28-33, 37-52 etched 1794. With annotations by Frederic Locker. Huntington plate numbers are given to indicate binding order in Huntington copy. The work has been disbound and the individual leaves mounted in preservation mats.
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Visual Materials
Old shelf number: eph J3-5 (Monrovia 2). One of three states of the same map, each differing in the pictures of the surround and verso. This is probably the last of the three. At top of recto: "Compliments of First National Bank and Monrovia Savings Bank." Two text boxes above map, "Monrovia" and "A semi-tropic land." Order and approximate date based on names found in Monrovia directories (RB 448336). Vignettes and description in surround. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Printed detail and photos of Monrovia.
Visual Materials
One set of art instruction plates entitled Human Proportion, by Eudora Sellner, published by School Arts Magazine, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1924. The subtitle reads: "Set of eight plates by Eudora Sellner." This set is incomplete; Plates No. 1-2 are lacking. Each plate is labeled "Costume Design 21; Human Proportions" at the top and contains line drawings pertaining to human body proportions. Each plate addresses an aspect of proportion and design: Plate No. 3 is titled "Head Construction"; Plate No. 4 "Human Construction"; Plate No. 5 "Human Construction"; Plate No. 6 "Dress Design"; Plate No. 7 "Heads and Hats"; Plate No. 8 "The Figure in Action." The plates are housed in an illustrated, protective envelope. "Price 35 cents" is printed at the bottom of the front side of the envelope. The envelope and each of the plates bear an embossed letter "S" at the top (Mabel Spofford).
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