John MILTON
Paradise lost
F. and R. Tonson and S. Draper • and C. Corbet • S. Birt • C. Hitch • F. Hodges • B. Dod • F. Oswald • F. Ward • F. Brindley • T. Longman • • E. Wicksted|London 1754|23 x 28 cm|2 volumes reliés
The very first "Newton-Edition" by Thomas Newton, Samuel Barrow (physician to King Charles II), Andrew Marcel and Joseph Addison.
Illustrated with two frontispiece portraits of Milton and six full-page plates for each volume.
Contemporary full calf bindings, spines with five raised bands tooled in gilt, red and black morocco title labels. Fine restorations to spine-ends, joints and corners.
A very fine copy with full margins of this unusual edition, in its original contemporary English binding.
Illustrated with two frontispiece portraits of Milton and six full-page plates for each volume.
Contemporary full calf bindings, spines with five raised bands tooled in gilt, red and black morocco title labels. Fine restorations to spine-ends, joints and corners.
A very fine copy with full margins of this unusual edition, in its original contemporary English binding.
€3,800