The Poetical Works of John Milton
Boston: Crosby, Nichols, Lee & Company, 1861. Later edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [6], 7-858, [8] pp. Contemporary brown sheep over beveled-edge boards with decorations in blind on the boards, gold lettering on the front board, gold decorations to the turn-ins, spine in six compartments with gold lettering and blind rules on the spine; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. This likely was a gift binding as the spine is stamped in gilt with a message: "A Happy New Year to Emory". Illustrated with a frontispiece, an engraved title page, and with additional plates (engravings) by John Martin and J.W.M. Turner. Edited by Sir Egerton Brydges. A sumptuous edition of Milton's poems, beautifully illustrated. Near Fine. Item #000013878
Light rubbing two a few corners.
Price: $200.00