Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Tables xi
5. Abbreviations xiii
6. Notes on Sources xv
7. A Note on the Value of Money xvii
8. Acknowledgments xix
9. Introduction Blake in the Marketplace 3
10. Blake as a Commercial Engraver, 1772–1827 8
11. “A Blaze of Reputation” the Mathew Salon and Poetical Sketches (1783) 30
12. The Print Shop, 1784–1785 34
13. Blake as a Teacher, 1784–1827 37
14. The Blakes as Printers, 1784–1827 41
15. Blake as a Painter, 1779–1827 45
16. Blake as Publisher of Works in Conventional Typography 69
17. Blake’s Works in Illuminated Printing, 1789–1827 82
18. Summary of Blake’s Career 103
19. Appendix Blake’s Patrons 106
20. Notes 193
21. Bibliography 211
22. Index 215