The Portable William Blake

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First published in the United States of America

by Viking Penguin Inc. 1946

Paperbound edition published 1956

Reprinted 1959,1960, 1961,1962, 1963,1965 (twice),

1966, 1967 (twice), 1968,1969 (twice), 1970 (twice)

1971, 1972, 1974 (twice), 1975

Published in Penguin Books 1976

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA

Blake, William, 1757-1827.

The Portable Blake.

Reprint of the 1946 ed. published by The Viking Press, New York.

Bibliography: p. 700. Includes index.

I. Kazin, Alfred,1915- II. Title.

[PR4142.K3 1976] 821’.7 76-47594

eISBN : 978-1-101-12761-2

Acknowledgment is made to the edition of Makers complete writings edited by Geoffrey Keynes, issued by the Nonesuch Press, London, and Random House, New York.

Thanks are due to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, Rosenwald Collection, for permission to reproduce from its set of the engravings for The Book of Job and to the Library of Congress, Rosenwald Collection, for those from The Gates af Paradtse

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