The Triumphs of Temper, 1803

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Medium

bound volume with 6 etchings with engraving on wove paper

Dimensions

page size: 22.9 × 13.2 cm (9 × 5 3/16 in.)
book: 23.5 × 14.5 × 2 cm (9 1/4 × 5 11/16 × 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Lincoln Kirstein

Accession Number

1943.17.2

Artists / Makers

William Hayley (author) British, 1745 - 1820

William Blake (artist) British, 1757 - 1827

Mary Ann Flaxman (artist after) British, 1768 - 1833

Cadell & Davies (publisher)

Image Use

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Inscription

in gold-tooled letters on spine of leather binding: TRIUMPHS / OF / TEMPER / 1803; on title page: THE / TRIUMPHS OF TEMPER. / A POEM: / IN SIX CANTOS. / BY WILLIAM HAYLEY Esq. / O voi ch'avete gl'intelletti sani / Mirate la dottrina, che si second / Sotto' il velame degli versi strani. / Dante, Inferno, Canto 9. / THE TWELTH EDITION, CORRECTED, / With New Original Designs, / By MARIA FLAXMAN / CHICHESTER: Printed by J. Seagrave; / FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES, STRAND, / LONDON / 1803