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- Collection: The Peter Philp Library of Western
Esotericism and Global Wisdom Traditions
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Blake's "America, a prophecy" ; and, "Europe, a prophecy": facsimile reproductions of two illuminated books : with 35 plates in full color
"This volume reproduces two of Blake's visionary masterpieces. America: A Prophecy (1793/4) was inspired by the American Revolution, which Blake endowed with symbolic and universal meaning. Europe: A Prophecy (1794) depicts how man first became…
William Blake
"William Blake is one of the most influential, but also one of the most perplexing, of all British artists. Probably best known for his verses of the hymn "Jerusalem" and his poem "The Tyger," he produced an enormously varied range of visual work -…
The Persian Empire
Beginning in the sixth century BCE, Persian kings ruled a vast, culturally diverse empire that stretched from northern Libya to central Asia. The regime and its rich multicultural traditions prospered for 250 years until its invasion, and eventual…
The Tyger, the Lamb, and the Terrible Desart: Songs of innocence and of experience in its times and circumstance : including facsimiles of two copies
The first section of this book follows Blake out of the family haberdashery shop, where his parents tacitly and unwittingly shaped his future as a poet; then into (and out of) the custody of Basire, Moser, and the Medway militia. The book then turns…
Visions of the Daughters of Albion
This landmark edition of William Blake's Visions of the Daughters of Albion provides the first full-size reproduction of the Huntington Library's copy of the work, printed and colored by Blake and his wife, Catherine, in 1793. Generally seen as a…
