The Complete Illuminated Books of William Blake (Unabridged - With All The Original Illustrations)

Beautiful illustrations, great poetry, a piece of British history. What more could you want.

I bought the Kindle version and it is excellent! the artwork comes across very nicely.

There are few figures in English literature and art more powerful and influential than that of William Blake. In truth it is not an easy read. There are many references that will not be familiar to the uninitiated reader. Push through the difficulty and you will discover a multitude of wise sayings and poetic gems. Blake was a visionary whose work was not greatly appreciated in his time. His artwork is truly inspired and should be treasured on its own.

Excellent version w/beautifully illustrated

The illuminationss are reproduced very nicely for the digital format, and of course the poems are wonderful. I recommend it!

Amazing person and great prophet. Absolutely Divine feeling! In August I've been at Blake's Cottage in Felpham where he wrote Jerusalem - such a feeling! I did not want to leave the place. The same with his works. Absolutely auspicious and true and real.

Wonderful book with illustrations and art of William Blake. Highly recommend.

This is a review of the Kindle edition. Many years ago, I got the Dover pocket editions of Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. I was taken with the artwork but very grateful for the conventional printed text opposite each printed page. When I saw a Kindle edition of all Blake's illustrated works, I thought it would be wonderful to have them always with me. On the Kindle Fire, it is quite nice. The one drawback is that instead of the text facing the plates, it is printed in full after each work. For shorter works like All Religions are One or America: A Prophecy, this is workable. To have the full text of Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience only after a display of all the plates is not so convenient. On the Kindle Paperwhite, the images are reasonably good and can be blown up reasonably well. It's okay for the works with larger text relative to page size like the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. For works where the printing is relatively smaller, like the Book of Urizen, the Kindle Paperwhite captures neither the artwork nor the printing in a very satisfying way. I'm going to assume that if you are looking at this, you are already aware of who Blake is and what he produced. This review is only of the presentation. If you have a Kindle Fire and love Blake, you will want to keep your printed copies but this is nice to have for a relatively good price. If you don't have a Kindle with a color screen, you're using a lot of memory for far less value.

This is a lovely book. Blake's illustrations are beautifully reproduced and, on my Kindle Fire, a double tap expands them to full size. Each section of illustrations is followed by the text, so there's no need to puzzle over Blake's handwriting, unless one really wants to. So much excellent content for so tiny a price is truly amazing value.

Muito bom ter os desenhos e gravuras de Blake reunidos. Um excelente guia visual que reforça a força dos poemas.

Excellent value for a fascinating book

Exciting, interesting and beautiful

Complete and utter bargain. Looks better on an iPad.