Songs of innocence
By: the author & printer W. Blake
Contributors: Curtis, Fanny Hooper, 1877- former owner; Blake, William, 1757-1827, illustrator, etcher, printer; Blake, Catherine Boucher, printer; Balmanno, Robert, 1780-1861, former owner; Chapin, H. D. (Horace Dwight), former owner; Hooper, Edward William, 1839-1901, former owner; Thoron, Louisa Chapin Hooper, 1874-1975, former owner
Publisher: William Blake
Published: 1789
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
Notes: Unique copy.

Wholly engraved.

Plates produced through Blake's own process of relief etching in 1789. Printed in 1789. "This is probably the first copy of Songs of Innocence Blake printed."-- The William Blake archive. Acquired by Robert Balmanno, who probably had it bound ca. 1818 with "A descriptive catalogue of pictures ... painted by William Blake (1809) and Chaucer's Prologue ( 1812). Disbound, with binding preserved. For complete provenance, see Bentley (p. 411), The William Blake archive.

Watermark: J. Whatman; printed in black ink; uncolored; no etched numbers, no penned numbers.

The plates are in Keynes order.

William Blake archive (online, viewed July 15, 2014), Songs of innocence (1789): electronic edition, copy U http://www.blakearchive.org/exist/blake/archive/work.xq?workid=s-inn&java=no

Keynes, G. Bib. of William Blake, 34, copy U

Keynes & Wolf. William Blake's illuminated books, Songs of innocence, copy U

Bentley, G.E. Blake books, 139 (p. 364-432), Songs of innocence, copy U
Table of contents: title: [1] Title-page of Songs of innocence; title: [2] Frontispiece of Songs of innocence; title: [3] Introduction to Songs of innocence; title: [4 & 5] The ecchoing green; title: [6 & 7] The little black boy; title: [8] The blossom; title: [9] Nurses song [for Songs of innocence]; title: [10] Laughing song [11] The chimney sweeper [for Songs of innocence]; title: [12] Infant joy; title: [13] The lamb; title: [14] The little boy lost; title: [15] The little boy found; title: [16 & 17] Night; title: [18] The school boy; title: [19] On anothers sorrow; title: [20 & 21] A cradle song; title: [22] The divine image; title: [23] Holy Thursday [for Songs of innocence]; title: [24 & 25] Spring; title: [26] The voice of the ancient bard; title: [27] A dream; title: [28] The shepherd; title: [29 & 30] The little girl lost; title: [30 & 31] The little girl found.