Songs of innocence and of experience
Subtitle: shewing the two contrary states of the human soul
Publisher: William Blake
Published: 1795
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 54
Other titles: Songs of innocence; Songs of experience
Notes: Unique copy.

Wholly engraved.

Includes combined title-page (undated), t.p. for Songs of innocence, and t.p. for Songs of experience.

Plates produced through Blake's own process of relief etching. Printing date taken from The William Blake archive.

Bound ca. 1830 in embossed purple cloth (spine faded to brown) with "Blake's songs" on spine in gilt. Owned by H.W. Phillips, Gerald Massey, George C. Thomas, and Harry Elkins Widener. For complete povenance, see Bentley (p. 416)

No watermark; printed in dark brown; colored; penned numbers.

Cf. William Blake archive (online, viewed July 14, 2014): Songs of innocence and of experience (1789, 1794): electronic edition.

Restricted: limited access; use surrogate. For access to original, consult curatorial staff.

No restrictions on access copy. Unrestricted online access

Keynes, G. Bib. of William Blake, 38, copy F

Keynes & Wolf. William Blake's illuminated books, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy I [f]

Bentley, G.E. Blake books, 139 (p. 364-432), Songs of innocence and of experience, copy I.

Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

Signature on fly-leaf: H W. Phillips; signature on fly-leaf: Gerald Massey.

Bound in embossed purple cloth (spine faded to brown) with black leather label, lettered "Blake's songs"; in blue morocco case; Harry Elkins Widener bookplate and printed bookdealer's description of this title in pocket.
Table of contents: title: 1. Frontispiece for Songs of innocence; title: 2. Combined t.p. for Songs of innocence and of experience; title: 3. t.p. for Songs of innocence; title: 4. Introduction to Songs of innocence; title: 5. The shephard; title: 6. The blossom; title: 7 & 8. The little black boy; title: 9 & 10. Spring; title: 11. Holy Thursday [for Songs of innocence]; title: 12 & 13. The Ecchoing green; title: 14. Infant joy; title: 15. The lamb; title: 16. Nurses song [for Songs of Innocence]; title: 17. Laughing song; title: 18. The chimney sweeper [for Songs of innocence]; title: 19. The divine image; title: 20. A dream; title: 21. On anothers sorrow; title: 22. The school boy; title: 23. The voice of the ancient bard; title: 24 & 25. A cradle song; title: 26 & 27. Night; title: 28. The little boy lost; title: 29. The little boy found; title: 30. Frontispiece for Songs of experience; title: 31. t.p. for Songs of experience; title: 32. Introduction to Songs of experience; title: 33. Earth's answer; title: 34. The clod & the pebble; title: 35. Holy Thursday [for Songs of experience]; title: 36. Infant sorrow; title: 37. The angel; title: 38. The sick rose; title: 39. The fly; title: 40. A little boy lost; title: 41. A little girl lost; title: 42. My pretty rose tree; Ah! sunflower; The lilly; title: 43. The chimney sweeper [for Songs of experience]; title: 44. The little vagabond; title: 45. A poison tree; title: 46. The garden of love; title: 47. London; title: 48. The human abstract; title: 49. Nurses song [for Songs of experience]; title: 50. The tyger; title: 51 & 52. The little girl lost; title: 52 & 53. The little girl found; title: 54. To Tirzah.