The Pastorals of Virgil: Four Plates
$500
WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)
The Pastorals of Virgil: Four Plates
wood-engraving, on two joined sheets of wove paper, without watermark, circa 1821, a rare first-state proof of the woodblock before it was divided, a fine, richly inked impression, with margins, framed
Image overall: 6 x 3 ½ in. (152 x 89 mm.)
Sheet: 6 3⁄8 x 3 7⁄8 in. (162 x 98 mm.)