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Night Thoughts
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The Complaint, and the Consolation; or, Night Thoughts
Night Thoughts
Illustrated by: William Blake (English, 1757–1827)
Author: Edward Young (English, 1683–1765)
Printer: Robert Noble (English, active about 1800)
Publisher: Richard Edwards (English, active 1792–1800)
Author: Edward Young (English, 1683–1765)
Printer: Robert Noble (English, active about 1800)
Publisher: Richard Edwards (English, active 1792–1800)
1797
Place of Publication: London, England
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 43 engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 42.2 x 33.5 x 2.2 cm (16 5/8 x 13 3/16 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2492
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
London: R. Noble, for R. Edwards, 1797
Catalogue Raisonné
ESTC (RLIN) T020820; Keynes, Bibliography of William Blake, 70; Bentley, Blake Books, 515; Ray, Illustrator and Book in England, 3
Description(London: R. Noble, for R. Edwards, 1797) Folio; 54 leaves; contemporary half gilt-stamped brown calf, green pastepaper boards.
Illustrations in the form of pictorial borders around the text
Illustrations in the form of pictorial borders around the text
ProvenanceUnidentified collector (bookplate with initials H.T.); cquired in 1919 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.