[BLAKE, William (1757-1827), illustrator]. -- BLAIR, Robert (1699-1746). The Grave. A Poem. London: T. Bensley for R.H. Cromek, 1808. FIRST EDITION, VERY RARE LARGE-PAPER PROOF COPY, engraved title with ?Proof Copy R.H.C. Price 5.5.0? lower right, most plates have ?Davies? misspelled ?Davis?, and plate 7 is called ?The Valley of Death? instead of ?The descent of Man into the Vale of Death?. These designs by Blake are considered his best-known work and his ?most forcible and poetical thinking on the subject of death?. Bentley 435A.