Lot 59
  • 59

Milton, John.

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Poetical and Prose Works, uniformly bound, comprising
Paradise Lost. a Poem in Twelve Books... the eighth edition. for J. Beecroft et al., 1775, 2 volumes, 14 plates; [together with:] Paradise Regain'd... to which is added Samson Agonistes: and Poems upon Several Occasions... a new edition. for W. Strahan, 1777, 6 plates; [together with:] The Works of John Milton, Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous. for A. Millar, 1753, 2 volumes; 4to, five volumes, contemporary diced russia gilt, morocco lettering pieces on spine, marbled endpaper, some spotting and browning, some joints rubbed, one headband loose (5)

Provenance

Ragley Hall Library, bookplates

Literature

[Paradise Lost, 1775:] Coleridge 137
[Paradise Regain'd, 1777:] Coleridge 209

Condition

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