To the nightingale
By: by William Blake ; with a statement by Geoffrey Keynes, Kt.
Contributors: Cumberland, George, 1754-1848.; Keynes, Geoffrey, 1887-1982; Blake, W. S. 1748-1817?
Series: Blake -- no. 465
Publisher: Printed by the Waterside Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Isle of Ely
Language: eng
Notes: "The poem attributed to William Blake was probably composed about 1782 ... It was etched on copper by George Cumberland and, according to his account, printed as counter-proofs by William Staden Blake ... in 1784."--leaf [3].

"100 copies printed"--Colophon.

Light green paper wrappers.

Later scholarship suggests that the poem was more likely composed and etched by George Cumberland. Cf. Bentley.

Bentley, G.E., Blake books, Suppl. p. 142

Bentley, G.E., Blake books (Postscript 2000), p. 6

Gift to Victoria University Library. Bentley, G.E., Jr. 2005/10/01.

Victoria University Library copy is no. 88 of 100 copies printed and signed by Geoffrey Keynes.