- 33
Milton, John.
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description
- Poems...both English and Latin, Compos'd a various times. London: Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Moseley, 1645
8vo (154 x 94mm.), first edition, state with "S" in "S. Pauls" in imprint, engraved frontispiece portrait by William Marshall (incorporating Milton's Greek verses mocking his sight skills), section title to A Mask of the Same Author and Poemata, later full blue morocco gilt by Bedford, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers
a beautiful copy of the first collected edition of milton's poems, containing all the poems written by the author up to this date, with the exception of "On the death of a fair infant dying of a cough" and "At a vacation exercise in the Colledge", both of which appeared in the second edition of 1673. Apart from "Lycidas", "Comus" and the epitaph on Shakespeare, all the other poems were printed here for the first time.
a beautiful copy of the first collected edition of milton's poems, containing all the poems written by the author up to this date, with the exception of "On the death of a fair infant dying of a cough" and "At a vacation exercise in the Colledge", both of which appeared in the second edition of 1673. Apart from "Lycidas", "Comus" and the epitaph on Shakespeare, all the other poems were printed here for the first time.
Provenance
Charles Tennant, bookplate
Literature
Grolier Wither to Prior 572; Hayward 71; Pforzheimer 722; Wing M2160
Condition
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."