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 the property of J. Pearson, Esq., Cecil House, Syden- ham. This was the copy used by Mr. William Muir in his coloured facsimile of the Songs of Innocence. D. The same. 31 plates, printed upon 17 leaves. Pagi- nated in pencil. No dated watermark. Coloured in green tone throughout. Bound in original mottled calf. Size 7i x 5 inches. Copy presented by Blake to his physician. Sold at Sotheby's, Feb. 22, 1897. Now the property of Robert Hoe, Esq., New York. E. The same. An incomplete copy forming part of a miscellaneous collection sold at Sotheby's, Nov. 20, 1900.

F. Songs of lujiocence and of Experience. ^^ plates on leaves. There are duplicate impressions of ' The Laughing Song,' one being placed among the Songs of Experience. Paginated consecutively throughout. Coloured. Size 7 inches in height. Bound in green morocco by Bedford. Formerly in the possession of Mr. Butts, Blake's friend. The volume was cut down by a later owner to meet the dimensions of an old weekly washing book, from the covers of which it was rescued by Mr. Locker-Lampson. Now in the Rowfant Library.

G. Songs of Innocence. 28 plates, printed on one side of -^ the leaf only. Foliated consecutively by Blake. Watermarks dated 1802 and 1804. Printed in golden brown. Coloured. Without border lines. Size 6yf X 4y| inches. In olive green calf binding. Copy in the possession of Mr. Perry of Providence, ^ America. Purchased in 1900 from Quaritch, who describes it, probably in mistake, as John Linnell's copy. The error may have originated through the fact that a pen and ink portrait of Blake, by Linnell, and an autograph letter of Blake's to the same friend were inserted in, though not bound up with, this copy. Pasted upon a fly-leaf at the end of the book is a pen and ink sketch by Blake, representing a woman and nude boy. H. Songs of Innocence and of Experience. 54 plates, each on separate leaf. Foliated consecutively by Blake. No dated watermark. Printed in sepia. Coloured. Bound in cloth, about 1830.