Theogony, Works & days, & the Days of Hesiod
By: engraved from the compositions of Iohn Flaxman, R. A., scvlptor ; [engraved by William Blake].
Contributors: Blake, William, 1757-1827.; Elton, Charles Abraham, Sir, 1778-1853.
Series: Blake -- no. 717
Publisher: [Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
Published: 1817
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 37
Subjects: Hesiod -- Illustrations.; Religious poetry, Greek -- Illustrations.; Didactic poetry, Greek -- Illustrations.; Agriculture in art.; Gods, Greek, in art.; Greece -- In art.
Genres: Illustrations.
Other titles: Compositions from the Works, Days and Theogony of Hesiod
Notes: Imprint from plates.

Dates of publication on plates, 1816 and 1817.

On plate 1: Compositions from the Works, Days and Theogony of Hesiod. Designed by John Flaxman ... engraved by William Blake.

Engraved legends: Excerpts from Elton's Hesiod.

Bound in gray boards, printed paper label on front cover, as issued.

Bentley, G.E., Blake books, 456A

Gift to Victoria University Library (copies 1-4). Bentley, G.E., Jr. 2005/10/01.

Victoria University Library copy 2 has armorial book-plate of Allan Wyon.

Victoria University Library copies 3 & 4 pages trimmed to 27 x 42 cm.

Victoria University Library copy 3 has binder's title on spine:  Flaxman's classical compositions, Homer, Hesiod, Aeschylus.

Victoria University Library copy 4 has binder's title on spine: Flaxman's classical compositions.