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The letter designations given in parentheses are those of the Keynes Bibliography of 1921 and the Keynes and Wolf Census of 1953, respectively. (See note 1 above.)

Copies Printed by Blake:

British Museum copy (B in Bibliography, A in Census) 100 plates on 100 leaves foliated by Blake 1-100; arrangement (using Harvard and Mellon [Stirling] copies as standard, not to disrupt editorial tradition) 1-28, 33-41, 43-46, 42, 29-32, 47-100. Watermark J Whatman 1818 (20 leaves), 1819 (1 leaf), 1820 (6 leaves) (see note 8.)
Cunliffe copy (A* in Blake Studies; B* in Census) 25 plates on 25 leaves, foliated by Blake 1-25. Watermark J Whatman 1818 in 6 leaves. Red-brown with watercolor washes. Collection of Lord Cunliffe. (The condition of Plates 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 14, and 20 was kindly checked by Lord Cunliffe, that of Plate 20 also color photography; and all plates were searched for numbers.)
Rinder copy (A, C) 100 plates on 100 leaves, foliated by Blake 1-100; arrangement as in British Museum copy. Watermark J Whatman 1818, 1819, or 1820. Black, some plates touched with sepia and chinese white; green tinting on Plate 16. Collection of the late Frank Rinder; facsimile in deep etched gravure (Blake Trust, 1952). (Examined only in this facsimile.) (See postscript.)
Harvard copy (C, D) 100 plates on 100 leaves foliated by Blake 1-100; arrangement adopted as "standard" in Keynes's list and editions. Watermark
42

J Whatman 1820 in 21 leaves. Black, touched with india ink; some plates lightly washed with brown. Harvard College Library.
Mellon copy (D, E) 100 plates on 100 leaves, foliated by Blake 1-100; arrangement adopted as "standard." Watermark J Whatman 1820 on 25 leaves. Orange, with elaborate watercolor washes, india ink, and gold. Collection of Paul Mellon (previously in the collection of William Stirling); facsimile in color, Blake Trust, 1951 (for bibliographical purposes this splendid facsimile is less reliable, because of the use of multiple stencils, than is the simpler photographic facsimile of the Rinder copy; facial expressions and other nuances not our present concern are also not always faithful to the original).
Morgan copy (E, F) 100 plates on 100 leaves, foliated by Blake 1-100; arrangement as in British Museum and Rinder copies (though posthumously bound in "standard"). Watermark J Whatman 1824 (5 leaves), 1826 (19 leaves, including Plate 36). Black, with some gray washes and india ink and lighter ink. (Plate 36 ["standard" 40] labeled "from another copy.") Pierpont Morgan Library.
Isman copy (F, G). The copy which "was believed to be in the possession of Mr. Felix Isman, New York, in 1921" (Blake Studies, p. 117) has never been described nor, recently, located. (It might turn out to be a posthumous copy.) Mr. Isman died in 1943. Today his widow has no recollection of having seen a copy of Jerusalem in their library; "Mr. Isman was in the habit of giving a first edition to a valued friend, as a Christmas present. . . . it was not in the library when he died."

Copies Printed Posthumously:

Fitzwilliam copy (G, H) 100 plates on 100 leaves. Watermark J Whatman 1831 or 1832 in some leaves. Printed in red-brown. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Rosenwald copy (H, I) 100 plates on 100 leaves. Watermark J Whatman 1831 or 1832 in some leaves. Red-brown. Library of Congress, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection.
Rosenbloom copy (I in Blake Studies, J* in Census) 100 plates on 100 leaves, but with a duplicate Plate 20 in place of Plate 16. Watermark J Whatman 1831 in some leaves. Red-brown. Collection of Charles J. Rosenbloom.

Single Plates (Designated "Proof" when unnumbered by Blake):

Pl. 1 proof in brown & black. Collection of Geoffrey Keynes; collotype facsimile as frontispiece to 1952 Rinder facsimile.
Pl. 9 (numbered 25 or 23 on plate) in green with green and grey-blue washes. Rosenwald collection.
Pl. 19 proof in blue green. Rosenwald collection.
Pl. 20 (number 16 incised in upper right corner) in black. Rosenwald collection.
Pl. 24 proof (not seen; reproduced in Laurence Binyon, English Watercolours on loan to Japan, 1929).

Pl. 25 proof, red-brown with watercolor washes; printed on back of Europe frontispiece; trimmed to exclude text. Collection of Kerrison Preston.
Pl. 28 proof, black. Watermark Edmead & Pine 1802. Tipped into Morgan copy.
Pl. 32[46] proof, red brown with pink and blue washes; on back of Europe title-page; trimmed to picture only. Preston collection.
Pl. 37[33] proof, black with blue and grey washes. Keynes collection.
Pl. 38[34] proof, black with grey wash. Rosenwald collection.
Pl. 38[34] (number 6 incised in corner) green, with black additions (or smudges). Rosenwald collection.
(These two 38's may be those listed as "28" in Blake Studies, p. 115.)
Pl. 41[37] proof, red-brown with watercolor; on back of Europe frontispiece; trimmed but including text in scroll. Preston collection.
Pl. 45[40] proof, black. Watermark Edmead & Pine 1802. Tipped into Morgan copy.
Pl. 47 proof, red-brown with color washes; on back of Europe title-page; trimmed but including line of text beneath picture.
Pl. 48 proof, grey. Rosenwald collection.
Pl. 50 (trace of "19" in corner), black. Rosenwald collection.
Pl. 56 proof, black. Watermark Edmead & Pine 1802. Tipped into Morgan copy (not noted in Census).
Pl. 58 (trace of numeral in corner?) dark grey, with yellow watercolor and india ink. Watermark J Whatman 1818. Rosenwald collection.
Pl. 78 proof, dark green and black. Rosenwald collection.
(Plates 50, 51, 99 listed or mentioned in Blake Studies, p. 115, not examined.) (For prints of Pl. 5 & 53 back to back, see Postscript.)