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Unless noted otherwise, measurements given beneath each
plate in the illuminated books record the size of the plate, as
indicated by the platemark. Measurements given beneath the images of
all other works record the sizes of the original images (engraved,
written, painted, or drawn), including all clearly associated
inscriptions (such as inscribed titles and imprints in engravings). All
measurements are in centimeters, height followed by width.
Copy designations in the Archive for Blake's illuminated
books—e.g., copy A, copy B, etc.—follow the copy designations
recorded in G. E. Bentley, Jr., Blake Books: Annotated
Catalogues of William Blake's Writings (Oxford: Clarendon
Press, 1977).
Throughout the Blake Archive, references are made to the
following standard editions and catalogues by author's last name (and
title, if necessary).
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- Bentley
- G. E. Bentley, Jr. Blake Books:
Annotated Catalogues of William Blake's Writings. Oxford:
Clarendon Press, 1977. The plate numbering of Blake's illuminated books
in this catalogue accords with the numbering in William
Blake's Writings, ed. Bentley, 2 vols. (Oxford: Clarendon
Press, 1978) and in Bentley, Blake Books Supplement
(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995).
- Butlin
- Martin Butlin. The Paintings and
Drawings of William Blake. 2 vols. New Haven and London:
Yale University Press, 1981. References to this standard catalogue of
Blake's drawings and paintings are by entry number.
- Erdman
- The Complete Poetry and Prose of
William Blake. Edited by David V. Erdman. Newly rev. ed.
New York: Doubleday, 1988. The plate numbering of Blake's illuminated
books in this edition does not accord in all cases with the numbering
in Erdman's The Illuminated Blake (Garden
City, New York: Anchor Books, 1974).
- Essick
- Robert N. Essick. The Separate
Plates of William Blake: A Catalogue. Princeton: Princeton
University Press, 1983. References to this standard catalogue of
Blake's separate engravings and etchings are by entry number (roman
numerals) and copy designation (usually a combination of a number
followed by a letter).
- Keynes
- Geoffrey Keynes and Edwin Wolf 2nd. William
Blake's Illuminated Books: A Census. New York: Grolier
Club, 1953. The plate numbering of Blake's illuminated books in this
catalogue accords with the numbering in Keynes, A
Bibliography of William Blake (New York: Grolier Club,
1921), but does not accord with the numbering in The
Complete Writings of William Blake, ed. Keynes (London:
Oxford University Press, 1966).
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