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Wed, Oct 28, 2020 12:00AM EDT
Lot 123

John Milton Paradise Lost 1749 & Poems 1695

Estimate: $200 - $400

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Milton, John, illustrated after Francis Hayman, Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books, complete in 2 volumes, 1749, New edition, with notes by Thomas Newton, Tonson and Draper, London, hardcover, 4tos. (11.5 x 9.25 inches), in contemporary full calf, raised bands, gilt decoration and title label on spine, complete with 12 engraved plates by Francis Hayman, plus frontis in each volume, 459, 444 pp., lengthy index in rear of second volume TOGETHER WITH Milton, John, Poems Upon Several Occasions BOUND WITH Notes on Milton's Paradise Lost, 1695, Third Edition, Jacob Tonson, London, hardcover, slim 4to. (13 x 8.25 inches), contemporary full paneled calf, title label, new endpapers, 60, 321 pp., "Poems" lacks half-title and prelims, "Notes" lacks half-title and title pages, armorial bookplate of Philip Eyre to front pastedown. Total of 3 books.
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