Ramblings in the Elucidation of the Autograph of Milton

Minor rubbing to botoom edges; 5" vertical split to card stock front endpaper from top near hinge, repaired with filmoplast tape. Moderate foxing to both frontis plates; foxing to title page; occassional mild to moderate foxing in text, with on plate, opposite p. 85 to the worse (pictured) ; spotting to the leading upper corners pages 135-138. ; 263 pp. ; (i-xxi, indexes) Original half black leather and sunken wood panels front and back illustrated with scenes from Paradise Lost; like illustrations on pastedowns; ownership signature of Burton Ira Weiss, New York, 1966 on top corner of front endpaper. Two photographic frontispieces, one showing a bust of Milton at Trinity College, the other a crayon drawing of Milton by Faithorne; Facsimile plates throughout showing various manuscripts in Milton's hand. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall

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Publisher: Printed for the Author By Thomas Richards

Year: 1861

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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