THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN MILTON CA. 1850 FINE BINDING
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[MILTON, JOHN]. The Poetical Works; with a Memoir, and Essays on his Poetical Genius. By Dr. Channing; Together with Addison's Critique on the Paradise Lost. London: Charles Daly, n.d. [ca. 1850].
First edition thus. Leather-bound. Hardcover. Duodecimo (165 x 100 x 37 mm). Pp. liv, 450. English text. Handsome binding of full morocco elaborately gilt decorated. All page edges gilt. Yellow endpapers. Portrait frontispiece. Engraved title. Engraved plates throughout each with tissue guard. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure, with the hinges and joints perfectly intact. Tiny amount of rubbing to extremities. Interior largely clean with just a few intermittent fox spots. Previous owner details neatly inked to front endpaper dated 1850. Bookplate to front pastedown. A wonderful copy.
Notes: A comprehensive edition of the works of Milton in a stunning contemporary binding.