MILTON, JOHN
Sale 322 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Aug 6, 2014
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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MILTON, JOHN
Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. London: Printed for J. and H. Richter, by T. Spilsbury and Son, 1794.2 vols. 4to, contemporary black straight-grain morocco with scrolling border stamped in gilt and blind to boards, gilt-lettered spines, a.e.g. With engraved frontispiece, engraved dedication leaf, 12 engraved plates, and illustrations throughout by J. Richter after H. Richter. Minor wear to boards; bookplates tipped to front pastedowns; offsetting from plates; scattered brownspotting.
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