William Blake: Marriage of Heaven and Hell

$17.95 at de Young Museum.

One of William Blake’s most inspired and influential books, now stunningly reproduced in a beautiful facsimile.Among the beautiful and striking illuminated books etched and printed by William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell stands out. Written in 1790 at the beginning of the French Revolution, it represents Blake’s first attempt to create a new system of art, poetry, and philosophy, declaring himself on the side of the devils in a world that was being turned upside down. Although not as well-known…