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Book/Printed Material Illustrations of the Book of Job,

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About this Item

Title

  • Illustrations of the Book of Job,

Names

  • Blake, William, 1757-1827
  • Southesk, James Carnegie, Earl of, 1827-1905, former owner
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London, W. Blake, 1825 [i.e. 1826]

Headings

  • -  Bible.--Job--Illustrations
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  Hebrew title at head of title.
  • -  Label from original cover, dated 1826, mounted inside cover.
  • -  Engraved on 22 leaves (including title page) each plate contains an illustration surrounded by quotations from the Book of Job.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1815
  • -  Keynes, G.L. Bibliography of W. Blake (New York, 1921), 55
  • -  LAC ael 2019-09-04 update (2 cards)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-04-12 update (1 card)

Medium

  • [1] l., 21 plates. 39 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • NC1115 .B6 1826
  • NC1115 .B6 1826 Copy 2 Rosenwald Collection. 43 cm. In portfolio. Printed on India paper, marked "Proof." Mounted on 22 leaves.
  • NC1115 .B6 1826 Copy 3 Rosenwald Collection. 51 cm. Printed on India paper. Mounted on 22 leaves.
  • NC1115 .B6 1826 Copy 4 Rosenwald Collection. 45 cm. Plates marked "Proof." Mounted on 22 leaves. Bookplate: James Earl of Southesk.
  • MC1115 .B6 1826 Copy 5 Holmes Coll. 38 cm. Unmounted.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 16019034

Online Format

  • online text
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Blake, William, James Carnegie Southesk, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection. Illustrations of the Book of Job. [London, W. Blake, i.e. 1826, 1826] Online Text. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/16019034/.

APA citation style:

Blake, W., Southesk, J. C., Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection & Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection. (1826) Illustrations of the Book of Job. [London, W. Blake, i.e. 1826] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/16019034/.

MLA citation style:

Blake, William, et al. Illustrations of the Book of Job. [London, W. Blake, i.e. 1826, 1826] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/16019034/>.