Lot 46
  • 46

Milton, John.

Estimate
2,500 - 3,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Paradise Lost. A Poem. Jacob Tonson, 1692; [bound with:] Paradise Regain'd. A Poem...to which is added Samson Agonistes. R.E., 1688
folio (316 x 194mm.), two works in one volume, "fifth" (second illustrated) edition of first work, third (first folio) edition of second work, engraved frontispiece portrait after Faithorne and 12 engraved plates chiefly after Medina, contemporary panelled mottled calf, spine in six compartments ornately decorated in gilt, red morocco label, speckled edges, slipcase, upper joint very slightly split at head and foot, otherwise near fine

Provenance

Christopher Tower, bookplate; Arnold Muirhead, book-label

Literature

Wing M2150, M2154; Coleridge 94b, 170

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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