Thirteen watercolor drawings by William Blake illustrating Paradise lost by John Milton
By: with descriptions and commentaries by Robert N. Essick & John T. Shawcross ; to accompany the edition of Paradise lost published in 2002 by the Arion Press, text edited by John T. Shawcross and with an introduction by Helen Vendler
Contributors: Essick, Robert N.; Shawcross, John T.; Vendler, Helen, 1933-; Hoyem, Andrew; Milton, John, 1608-1674; Arion Press
Publisher: Arion Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Illustrations; Fall of man in art
Notes: "The first facsimiles printed at full scale in full color from the original works [pen and watercolor] in the collection of the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California".

Plates 1-12 are from the smaller paintings, ca. 1807; plate 13 is reproduced from the larger series of paintings, dated ca. 1806-1808.

"This is the sixty-ninth publication of the Arion Press, supplementing the sixty-fourth, Paradise Lost ... The edition is published on demand and is limited to no more than the edition of the book [i.e. 426 copies] ... The publication was edited and produced by Andrew Hoyem ..."--Colophon.

Issued unbound in a portfolio; accompanying text printed on gray sheets.