The Trianon Press produced four different versions of Jerusalem. Blake only completed one full colored copy of the work, which never sold. A few uncolored versions, or tinted only in black and gray, also exist. This facsimile is of an incomplete set of colored prints for the poem (copy B) and includes four watercolor proofs for images that Blake printed on the verso of waste proofs from his Europe, a Prophecy. These trial proofs for Jerusalem show Blake’s re-use of precious paper. The facsimile at Union College was purchased by the Friends of the Library in 1974. Union also holds two copies of an introduction to and commentary on Jerusalem, written by Joseph Wicksteed, and published by the Trianon Press in 1953. These copies were donated to the library by Hans Rozendaal and Walter Tower.
Note: As of early 2018, none of the material used for this facsimile had been digitized at the William Blake Archive. Consult the book in Schaffer Library for more information.
The Trianon Press produced four different versions of Jerusalem. Blake only completed one colored copy of the work, which never sold. A few uncolored versions, or tinted only in black and gray, also exist. This facsimile is of uncolored version copy C, but it also includes a transcription of each plate. It was donated to the library by Walter Tower. Union also holds two copies of an introduction to and commentary on Jerusalem, written by Joseph Wicksteed, and published by the Trianon Press in 1953. These copies were donated to the library by Hans Rozendaal and Walter Tower.
The Trianon Press produced four different versions of Jerusalem. Blake only finished one colored copy of the work, which never sold. A few uncolored versions, or tinted only in black and gray, also exist. This facsimile is of the fully colored version, copy E. Published in 1951, it was not only the first of Trianon’s four versions of Jerusalem, but the first of its reproductions of Blake, which the Press would continue to make over a period of nearly forty years. Trianon produced two different colored versions of Jerusalem in 1951, one in five paper-bound parts and one in a version with all of the plates bound together in a single volume. Union College holds copies of both versions. The version in parts was purchased by the Friends of the Library in 1974; the bound version was the gift of Hans Rozendaal. Union also holds two copies of an introduction to and commentary on Jerusalem, written by Joseph Wicksteed, and published by the Trianon Press in 1953. These copies were donated to the library by Hans Rozendaal and Walter Tower.
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