Derome le Jeune--Milton, John.

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Description

Paradise Lost. A Poem in twelve books...from the text of Thomas Newton. (Paradise Regain'd. A Poem in four books. To which is added Samson Agonistes: and poems upon several occasions.) Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1759

4to, 2 volumes, second volume with uncancelled state of title page ("Sampson" overprinted), fine blue morocco gilt by derome le jeune, cover with saw-tooth and double fillet enclosing inner border with various ornaments of flower, bird, circular and other tools, spines in six compartments, four decorated with single gilt flower and surrounding small tools, edges with double gilt fillet, gilt turn-ins decorated with floral and leaf roll, single fillet and drawer-handle roll, pink silk end-leaves, all edges gilt, Derome's ticket on each endpaper, blue morocco pull-off cases by Riviere, spines very slightly faded, some occasional slight spotting

Provenance

Robert Stayner Holford (1808-1892); Sir George Holford (1860-1926), pencil shelf marks; Estelle Doheny, her book-labels, the sale of her library at Christie's New York, Part IV, 17-18 October 1988, lot 1232

Literature

Gaskell 6 and 7

Catalogue Note

The two branches of the family of Derome produced numerous binders during the eighteenth century: by far the most celebrated was Nicolas Denis, known as Jerome le jeune (1731--1788). He is particularly well-known for the creation of an individual style, "dentelles a l'oiseau".