A fascinating and detailed fascimile of these famous sketches; documenting a series of seances or vision-evenings held by Blake and Varley in 1819. Includes detailed portraits of the possibly demonic subject of the famous Blake work The Ghost of a Flea.
Introduction and Notes by Martin Butlin.
Limited edition of 800 copies, in two volumes. Within slipcase. Facsimile printed by The Trianon Press, Paris.
Contains several interesting correspondance exchanges as these copies were offered for review, and a typed draft of the review, as well as details of an attempt of a museum to hunt down some information regarding a previous owner of the original sketchbooks. See the pictures for these letters in full.
