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The Prophetic Books of William Blake: Jerusalem (Classic Reprint)
The Prophetic Books of William Blake Jerusalem - Classic Reprint Author:William Blake PREFACE "JERUSALEM," the longest and the most splendid of the Prophetical J Books engraved by William Blake, was first published in the form of one hundred pages of text and illustrations, dated from South Molton Street, 1804, though this date represents rather the beginning than the conclusion of its composition. It has been twice reproduced in... more » facsimile, once separately, and once (much reduced), in the three volume edition of" Blake's works by Messrs. Ellis and Yeais in 1893, but it has never hitherto been printed in ordinary type; and those who have tried to study the Prophetical Books will realize the need for such a text if reading and reference are to be possible without the inordinate strain and fatigue involved in the use of a facsimile. It is only when the complete works of Blake are readily accessible and legible that we may hope that the greatest of English mystics will be adequately studied and appreciated; and if this is to be, the divorce of the poem from its illustr
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