Illustrations of The Book of Job Invented by William Blake

1912 at title page; no other dates. Reproduced in this reduced facsimile and presented here measuring apprx. 5" x 6". Beige pictorial wraps, bright gilt cover design and titles, moderate shelf wear. Heavy stock coated leaves near fine; two leaves remain uncut or opened. Printes for whatever reason fill about two thirds of each leaf, though with great detail. Bind fine. Preserved in rare onion skin semi-transparent wrapper w/moderate edge wear. 1/-NET lightly pencilled to front wrapper panel. A fine facsimile from the original invented and engraved by William Blake in 1825. These twenty-two engravings of Blake were made from those in possession of the British Museum. The End of the Book of Job, the Eighteenth of the Old Testament, Written, According to the Tradition, by Moses, While Among the Midianites About Fifteen Hundred Years Before the Birth of Christ. 47 pages. Insured post. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.