Europe, a prophecy
Contributors: Blake, William, 1757-1827, illustrator, etcher, printer; Blake, Catherine Boucher, printer; Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796-1884, former owner; Beckford, William, 1760-1844, former owner; Hooper, Edward William, 1839-1901, former owner; Potter, Ellen Hooper, former owner
Publisher: Printed by Will: Blake
Published: 1795
Place of publication: Lambeth [London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 18
Notes: Unique copy.

Wholly engraved.

Plates produced through Blake's own process of relief and white-line etching. "Composition date: 1794; Print date: 1795"-- The William Blake archive. Sold by the dealer H. G. Bohn in May 1935 to William Beckford. For complete provenance, see The William Blake archive or Bentley (p. 160) .

Watermark: E & P; printed in brownish-black ink; uncolored, some plates with gray washes; etched numbers: none; penned numbers: none.

Disbound. Former binding order of plates, confirmed by offsets, from Bentley: 3, 2, 11 [i.e. 1], 4-9, 11-14, 10, 15-18. See Bentley, Table, p. 142.

William Blake archive (online, viewed July 21, 2014), Europe a prophecy (1794): electronic edition, copy H http://www.blakearchive.org/exist/blake/archive/work.xq?workid=europe&java=no

Keynes, G. Bib. of William Blake, 41, copy F

Keynes & Wolf. William Blake's illuminated books, Europe, a prophecy, copy H [f]

Bentley, G.E. Blake books, 33 (p. 141-164), copy H