The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: A Facsimile in Full Color (Dover Fine Art, History of Art) [Facsimile] [Paperback]

William Blake (Author)

Book Description

Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art | Publication Date: September 1, 1994

This vivid facsimile of  Blake's romantic and revolutionary publication offers a concise expression of his essential wisdom and philosophy. His distinctive hand-lettered text is accompanied by 27 color plates of his stirring illustrations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (September 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486281221
• ISBN-13: 978-0486281223
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to Read, August 6, 2009

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Kara Nicole (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: A Facsimile in Full Color (Dover Fine Art, History of Art) (Paperback)

The illuminations accompanying Blake's poetry should be considered necessary to the reading of his poems. The illuminations are beautiful, descriptive, obviously terribly time consuming and should not be counted as something separate from the words. That said, sometimes it is difficult to read the poems on the illuminations, as they were meant to be read. This book provides the complete illuminations followed by the poems sans illumination, for ease of reading. Also, the price is of course outstanding, as illuminated versions of Blake's poetry can get quite pricey.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hidden treasurers, January 11, 2011

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Haran "Haran, Author of "75 Lives of Hara... (South Africa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: A Facsimile in Full Color (Dover Fine Art, History of Art) (Paperback)

If a reader should stumble across this little book of poetry and visual art he ought to be warned that contemporaries considered the author insane because they could not understand him. The reason can be found in the suffusion of his works by his regular discourse with spirit or call it higher dimensions of consciousness, and, therefore, cannot be fully understood by everyday consciousness. His works are full of symbolism and hidden meanings (whole books have been written just to explain the symbolism). For instance the title suggests the solution of duality which obviously is a difficult to grasp esoteric concept. Even some of the easy to comprehend and insightful gems could be understood as just a ploy to attract the reader and in a way saying `there is more, keep digging'. It also appears that the visual content is more than an adornment and more likely to be an integral part of the book, simply because certain thoughts cannot be expressed in words but can still be expressed in images.

This is certainly a book of treasurers, however, some are hidden very deep.

17 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "The path of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.", August 6, 2004

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lucifer-dianus "lucifer-dianus" (Louisville KY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: A Facsimile in Full Color (Dover Fine Art, History of Art) (Paperback)

One of Blake's fantastic works, with all of the artwork right there with it. This is the first copy of a William Blake book I ever owned and I still love it to death, as small as it is, and read it again and again.