John MILTON
Pro populo Anglicano defensio contra Claudii anonymi, alias Salmasii Defensionem regiam [Ensemble] Defensio secunda pro populo Anglicano contra infanem libellum anonymum cujus Titulus [Ensemble] Pro se defensio contra Alexandrum Morum
[A Defense of the People of England against the Anonymous of Claude, otherwise Salmasius’s Royal Defense [Together with] Second Defense of the English People against the infantile anonymous pamphlet whose title is [Together with] Defense of Himself against Alexander Morus]
Typis Du Gardianis • [ Jansson] • Adriani Vlacq|Londini [London] • [Amsterdam] • & Hagae-Comitum [The Hague] 1652 - 1655|7.50 x 12.60 cm (In-16)|relié
Second Elzevir edition of Milton's first text, which was originally published in 1651 in Amsterdam. First edition of Milton's Second and Third Defences.
Full polished tobacco calf bindings, ca. 1820. Spines with raised bands, decorated with four floral tools, fillets and rolls. Chocolate morocco title and volume labels. Cold-stamped border on the boards with small corner fleurons. Inner roll-tooled border. All edges gilt. A handsome copy.
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€900