The Poems of William Blake. Edited by W. B. Yeats. London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1893. First Edition, Limited Issue. Pp Liii, 251, uncut, top edge gilt. Publisher’s quarter vellum over smooth cloth boards. A fine bright copy.

Limited Edition of 200 copies on Large Paper.

Bringing together the work of two giants of English literature. This edition was published in the same year Yeats completed his monumental three-volume edition of Blake’s complete works with Edwin John Ellis, making 1893 a pivotal year in Blake scholarship.

Yeats contributes a substantial 38-page introduction and extensive notes, offering a unique insight into the sensibility of the Nobel Prize-winning poet who was profoundly influenced by Blake’s visionary writing.