Jerusalem
[Toronto]: [The Aliquando Press], [1982]. Duodecimo, 19 x 14.1 cm. Sewn with white thread into wraps of rust Byronic Text paper. The upper cover is decorated with a wood engraving by Blake, printed from a line plate in black. Unpaginated [pp. 12]. A fine copy. “To celebrate the 225th anniversary of William Blake’s birth, Jerusalem was designed and printed by William Rueter at The Aliquando Press, Toronto. The text type, Samson Uncial, was used in honour of the centenary of its designer, Victor Hammer. The wood engravings by Blake are reproduced from an 1820 edition of Virgil.” A total of five wood engravings by Blake illustrate the text. The engravings were printed in black from line plates. The text was printed in rust. The paper is Sonata. The edition size is unknown; while the colophon specifies a limitation of 100 copies, it is stated in The Aliquando Century that 100 copies of sheets were reserved for inclusion in the 1983 Wayzgoose Anthology, and a further 40 copies were bound for the Typocrafters. In any case, the present copy is number 94. (The Aliquando Century, BK 54). Item #306
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