- 53
Milton, John.
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Paradise Lost. A Poem, in Twelve Books...The Ninth Edition... for Jacob Tonson, 1711, manuscript notes at the end; Paradise Regain'd... to which is added Samson Agonistes and Poems upon several Occasions... The Fifth Edition... for J. Tonson, 1713
12mo (124 x 72mm.), engraved frontispiece portraits and plates after Medina, uniformly bound in late eighteenth- or early nineteenth-century straight-grained red morocco, quite possibly an Irish design, with covers tooled in gilt with a border of a crested roll with floral and palmette elements, and a leafy twig toled in blind, a rope roll, enclosing panels at the top and bottom containing a large geometrical tool and two lyres within circles of pearls, the central section filled with circles, sprigs, palmettes, scrools, and the caduceus of Mercury on a studded background, spines in six compartments, turn-ins, double endleaves, all edges gilt, covers of volume I partially detached, some slight browning to text (2)
Provenance
Robert George-Baker, bookplates
Literature
Coleridge 97, 187a
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
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."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
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."