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<dl><dd>Illustrative matter engraved by William Blake</dd>
<dd>Vols. 1 and 3, and part of v. 2 have running title: Life of Cowper</dd>
<dd>Vol. 1: XII, [8], 413, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates; v. 2: [8], 422 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 3: [6], xxxi, [1], 416, [3] leaves of plates</dd>
<dd>Signatures: Vol. 1: pi1 a-c² (-c2) ²B-²C D-3G (-3g4); v. 2: pi1 a (-a4) B-3G 3H²; v. 3: pi1 *² A-D ²A-²D E-3E 3F-3G²</dd>
<dd>Clark Library copy: contains contemporary manuscript note of Richard C. Jackson, President of the William Blake Society of Art and Letters, on printed letterhead of the organization, relating to the engraved plates--laid in at end of vol. 1</dd>
<dd>Clark Library copy: bound in contemporary half sheep with marbled boards. Gilt titling on spine. Marbled edges</dd>
<dd>Clark Library copy bound with: Supplementary pages to the Life of Cowper, containing the additions made to that work, on reprinting it in octavo by William Hayley, Esqr.--on 122 p. at end of vol. 3</dd>
<dd>Clark Library copy: bound in contemporary half sheep with marbled boards. Gilt titling on spine. Marbled edges</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Cowper, William, 1731-1800</div>
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<dl><dd>Hayley, William, 1745-1820</dd>
<dd>Blake, William, 1757-1827, engraver</dd>
<dd>Seagrave, J., printer</dd>
<dd>Johnson, Joseph, 1738-1809, bookseller</dd></dl></div>
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