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William Blake's Writings by Bentley Jr., G.E. [ed]
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Oxford:: Clarendon Press,, 1978. 8vo,. blue cloth and dustjacket. Small closed tear to jacket of vol. 2 else fine. Vol. 1 deals with Blake's engraved and etched writings and Vol. 2 handles his writings in conventional typography and in manuscript form.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
closed tear : A tear in which no material has been lost.
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