Illustrations of the Book of Job. Plate #4 “And I only am escaped alone to tell thee.”

1826. 1826.

Folio, single sheet 16 1/4 x 11, image (inc. platemark) 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 ins. Light spotting, very good.

§ First edition, from the printing of 65 sets with the word “Proof” on French wove paper. Blake's rendition of Job 1: 14-16, in which Job is told of the destruction of his herds and the servants who tended them. Bentley, Blake Books, 421A. Bindman, Complete Graphic Works of Blake, 625–641C. (Inventory #: 126401)