First edition thus, publisher Arnold Fawcus's copy, copy A of 26 copies reserved for the Library of Congress, Lessing J. Rosenwald, the Trustees of the Blake Trust, and the Publishers, from a total edition of 526 copies on Arches pure rag paper made to match that used by Blake, with each page watermarked with Blake's monogram. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Blake's boldest and most directly philosophical work, was described by S. Foster Damon as "Blake's Principia, in which he announced a new concept of the universe" (Blake Dictionary). This copy derives from the archive of the Trianon Press, from the estate of publisher and founder Arnold Fawcus.
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