Plate 2 [Title Page] (Illustration II b)
Jerusalem / The / Emanation of / The Giant / Albion / <In /
XXVIII/ Chapters> / 1804 / Printed by W. Blake Sth
Molton
St.
The title was etched, the deletion subsequently made by vigorous
scratching but not gouging; the date and imprint were added by
engraving.
The deleted phrase, directly below the "on" of "Albion", can be made
out even from the Rinder facsimile now that its location and shape are
precisely known. I was able to decipher it with certainty, however, only
from an enlarged photostat of the Rosenbloom copy. That Blake intended
the four-chaptered Jerusalem as a work in 28 Chapters, even
as
late as the etching of his elaborate title page, comes as something of a
shock, though it may be recalled that his Milton, in Two
Books,
is announced on its title page as "in 12 Books" — another of the
monumental plans of 1804.[12]
