Songs of Innocence & of Experience by William Blake [THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY / 1980]

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Songs of Innocence & of Experience by William Blake [THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY]

LEATHER BOUND COLLECTOR'S EDITION [1980] THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY

Brown leather binds this gorgeous hardcover edition, which features 22 kt gold gilt cover and edges, raised bands, sewn in silk bookmark and silken textured end papers. 

Book is in excellent condition.  Small bump to top and bottom of front boards and some creasing to bookmark.  Otherwise, mint. 


Songs of Innocence and of Experience is an illustrated collection of poems by William Blake. It appeared in two phases. A few first copies were printed and illuminated by William Blake himself in 1789; five years later he bound these poems with a set of new poems in a volume titled Songs of Innocence and of Experience Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul.

This limited edition of Songs of Innocence and of Experience is published exclusively for subscribers to The Franklin Library collection The 100 Greatest Books of All Time