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L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, by John Milton, illustrated by William Blake (reprinting)

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L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, by John Milton, illustrated by William Blake (reprinting)

£12.95

***REPRINTING***

Paperback – 188 x 150 mm – 30 pages

Twelve colour illustrations

ISBN 9781843681892

Blake engaged with the legacy of Milton all his life. These watercolours, made around 1816-20 to illustrate the most perfect of Milton’s shorter poems, are some of the finest of all his works.

All twelve watercolours are reproduced here actual size.

Milton lov’d me in childhood & shew’d me his face
William Blake 

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