BLAKE, William (1757-1827). The Inferno from La Divina Commedia, New York, "Presented by Richard W. Ellis for Cheshire House," 1931, folio, 7 plates by William Blake, original calf, slipcase. With 19 other works in 21 vols. by William Blake. (22)

BLAKE, William (1757-1827).  The Inferno from La Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri. As Translated by The Reverend Henry Francis Cary and Illustrated with the Seven Engravings by William Blake. New York: "Presented by Richard W. Ellis for Cheshire House," 1931. Folio (485 x 320mm). Half title, title printed in red and black, 7 engraved plates by William Blake, initials and colophon printed in red. Original panelled calf, top edges gilt, others uncut, slipcase. NUMBER 291 OF 1,200 COPIES. Ransom Private Presses and their Books 291. With 19 other works in 21 volumes by William Blake including XVII Designs to Thornton's Virgil Reproduced from the Original Woodcuts MDCCCXXI (Portland, Maine, Thomas B. Mosher, 1899, large 8vo, plates and illustrations, original pale blue paper boards, dust-jacket, LIMITED TO 450 COPIES "ON VAN GELDER PAPER", printed publisher's slip loosely-inserted), William Blakes's Designs for Gray's Poems Reproduced Full-Size in Monochrome or Colour from the Unique Copy Belonging to the Duke of Hamilton (London, Humphrey Milford, 1922, folio, plates, original buckram, NUMBER 197 OF 650 COPIES), The Writings of William Blake Edited in Three Volumes by Geoffrey Keynes (London, The Nonesuch Press, 1925, 3 vols., 4to, plates, original vellum-backed marbled boards, NUMBER 1,496 OF 1,500 COPIES), Comus: A Mask by John Milton. With Eight Illustrations by William Blake (London, "Published for the Julian Editions by Ernest Benn Limited," 1926, 4to, plates, original decorated buckram gilt, dust-jacket, LIMITED TO 300 COPIES) and All Religions are One by William Blake (London, "Printed and published by Frederick Hollyer," 1926, small 4to, monochrome plates, original buckram-backed printed boards, with "Publisher's Note", printed in green, loosely-inserted). Only a small part of the lot is illustrated. (22)