5 portfolio volumes. Introduction by Geoffrey Keynes. Illustrated with 100 colored collotype plates, from the artwork of William Blake, printed in orange and which were originally colored by hand with a stenciling process. 13½x10¾, original pale blue-gray wrappers with printed paper cover labels, all housed in the publisher's folding box with gray cloth spine and gold and silver spot-patterned dark blue paper over boards. No. 171 of 516 total hand-numbered copies (this being one of 250 copies reserved for distribution by the Trianon Press, Cobham, Surrey). First Facsimile Edition, from the Stirling copy.

This is the first of a series of facsimiles by the Trianon Press of William Blake's illuminated books. "Blake's etched copperplates, giving the text of his poem and the basis of the designs, were printed by him in a rich orange ink and were then illuminated by hand in water colours and gold. The etched base has now been reproduced by collotype in orange and the prints have then been coloured by hand by a stencilling process, so that the final result bears the closest possible resemblance to Blake's original plates" - from the introduction. Bentley & Nurmi 67; Rosenwald 1853.