,,twenty-,,seven ,,drawings by ,,william ,,blake ,,twenty-,,seven ,,drawings by ,,william ,,blake ,,being ,,illustrations ,,for ,,paradise ,,lost1 ,,comus and ,,the ,,bible ,,carl ,j4 ,,smalley ,mc,p,h,e,r,s,o,n ,,kansas ,copyright1 #aibe1 by ,carl ,j4 ,smalley ,mc,pherson1 ,kansas ,published in ,november1 #aibe ,of this edition #ajej copies were printed ,printed by ,the ,western ,lithograph ,co4 at ,wichita1 ,kansas ,in the ,united ,states of ,america ,,foreword ,william ,blake was born in ,london in #ageg1 and in #ahbg he departed for 8that undiscovered country0 which all his life he had wished to see4 ,throughout the century which has passed since ,blake's death1 much has been written about him4 ,during the past few years a goodly number of our greatest men of letters have issued books on his life1 art1 and writings4 ,many of his writings have gone through several editions1 but it was only within the past year that his complete works were issued1 and that in a limited edition1 which was soon off the market4 ,while from time to time volumes of reproductions of a part of ,blake's masterly engravings and drawings have been issued1 a large portion of his finest creations1 including the 8,paradise ,lost0 series1 has not been accessible in reproductions4 ,it is a pleasure to be able to present in this volume1 the 8,paradise ,lost0 drawings1 as well as the series for ,milton's 8,comus01 and a group inspired by 8,the ,bible04 ,all are reproduced from water color drawings in ,american museums4 ,we are indebted to the ,fogg ,art ,museum for the privilege of reproducing 8,the ,angel ,binding the ,dragon02 to the ,metropolitan ,museum of ,art for 8,she ,shall be ,called ,woman01 8,the ,flight into ,egypt01 8,the ,wise and ,foolish ,virgins01 and 8,the ,angel of the ,revelation04 ,all the remaining drawings have been reproduced through the kind permission of the ,boston ,museum of ,fine ,arts4 ,c4 ,j4 ,s4 ,,list ,,of ,,illustrations ,the ,promise of the ,redemption ,the ,creation of ,eve ,satan ,watching ,adam and ,eve ,raphael ,conversing with ,adam and ,eve ,the ,downfall of the ,rebel ,angels ,the ,temptation of ,eve ,the ,expulsion from ,eden ,the ,prophecy of the ,crucifixion ,adam and ,eve ,sleeping 8,starlight0--,comus ,holds the ,enchanting ,cup ,comus ,disguised as a ,rustic ,addressing the ,lady in a ,wood ,the ,brothers1 as ,described by ,comus1 ,plucking ,grapes ,the ,attendant ,spirit ,habited ,like a ,shepherd ,meets the ,two ,brothers in the ,wood ,the ,magic ,banquet ,the ,brothers ,overcome ,comus ,sobrina ,disenchanting the ,lady ,the ,parents ,welcome ,their ,children ,she ,shall be ,called ,woman ,david and ,goliath ,the ,king of ,babylon in ,hell ,the ,vision of ,ezekiel ,the ,plague ,the ,flight into ,egypt ,the ,wise and ,foolish ,virgins ,the ,woman ,taken in ,adultery ,the ,angel of the ,revelation ,the ,angel ,binding the ,dragon ,,illustrations ,,for ,,paradise ,,lost ,illustration3 ,the ,creation of ,eve ,illustration3 ,satan ,watching ,adam and ,eve ,illustration3 ,raphael ,conversing with ,adam and ,eve ,illustration3 ,the ,downfall of the ,rebel ,angels ,illustration3 ,the ,temptation of ,eve ,illustration3 ,the ,expulsion from ,eden ,illustration3 ,the ,prophecy of the ,crucifixion ,illustration3 ,adam and ,eve ,sleeping ,,illustrations ,,for ,,comus ,illustration3 8,starlight0--,comus ,holds the ,enchanting ,cup ,illustration3 ,comus ,disguised as a ,rustic ,addressing the ,lady in a ,wood ,illustration3 ,the ,brothers1 as ,described by ,cornus1 ,plucking ,grapes ,illustration3 ,the ,attendant ,spirit ,habited ,like a ,shepherd ,meets the ,two ,brothers in the ,wood ,illustration3 ,the ,magic ,banquet ,illustration3 ,the ,brothers ,overcome ,comus ,illustration3 ,sobrina ,disenchanting the ,lady ,illustration3 ,the ,parents ,welcome ,their ,children ,,illustrations ,,for ,,the ,,bible ,illustration3 ,she ,shall be ,called ,woman ,illustration3 ,david and ,goliath ,illustration3 ,the ,king of ,babylon in ,hell ,illustration3 ,the ,vision of ,ezekiel ,illustration3 ,the ,plague ,illustration3 ,the ,flight into ,egypt ,illustration3 ,the ,wise and ,foolish ,virgins ,illustration3 ,the ,woman ,taken in ,adultery ,illustration3 ,the ,angel of the ,revelation ,illustration3 ,the ,angel ,binding the ,dragon 99 99 99 99 99 ,,in ,,the ,,mountains ,a book of fine reproductions of ,birger ,sandzen's prints of the ,rocky ,mountains4 #bj ,lithographic ,plates ,introduction by ,william ,allen ,white ,quarto1 printed on ,old ,stratford ,paper1 bound in gray boards1 #c4jj ,limited autographed edition of #abe copies1 bound in ,library ,buckram1 containing an original signed lithograph1 #ae4jj ,,smalley',s ,mc,p,h,e,r,s,o,n ,,kansas