• Songs of innocence / the author & printer W. Blake.

Language:

• English

Creator:

• Blake, William, 1757-1827

Call number:

• RHT 18th-37

Extent:

• [28] leaves of plates : ill. (relief-printed etchings, hand-colored) ; 19 cm.

Format:

• Book

Type:

• Poetry

Description:

• Most copies consist of 31 plates on 17 leaves, the first three printed on one side of the leaf only; make-up and order of the plates varies from copy to copy; color of ink used for printing also varies; some copies hand-colored.
• RHT copy is Keynes copy T (plates unnumbered).
• RHT copy lacks 27 (The school boy) and 29 (Laughing song).

Publisher:

• [London] : W. Blake, 1789.

Subject:

• Poetry

Author:

• Blake, William, 1757-1827

Created:

• 1789-01-01T00:00:00Z

Date:

• 1789

Collections:

• Treasures of Rare Book Division

Edm rights:

• No Known Copyright

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/3b591c50t

Location:

• Special Collections RHT 18th-37

Available online:

• arks.princeton.edu

References:

• Keynes, G. William Blake 34G
• Bentley, G.E. Blake Books 139

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9939274193506421