London, William Pickering, 1832
A sweet copy of Milton's collected poetry in three volumes, comprising his major blank verse works Paradise Lost and Paradise Regain'd, his closet drama Samson Agonistes, sonnets, and other miscellaneous poems, with a life of the author by John Mitford.
3 vols; 12mo (16.5 x 10.5 cm); engraved frontispiece to vol. I, printer's device to title; contemporary tan calf, panels ruled in blind within double gilt-filets, contrasting black morocco lettering pieces to spine, marbled edges, slightly rubbed, minor spotting and offsetting to endpapers and frontis, otherwise internally clean, very good; [2], cxxxiv, [4], 153, [1]; [4], 372; [4], iv, 334, [2]pp.
3 vols; 12mo (16.5 x 10.5 cm); engraved frontispiece to vol. I, printer's device to title; contemporary tan calf, panels ruled in blind within double gilt-filets, contrasting black morocco lettering pieces to spine, marbled edges, slightly rubbed, minor spotting and offsetting to endpapers and frontis, otherwise internally clean, very good; [2], cxxxiv, [4], 153, [1]; [4], 372; [4], iv, 334, [2]pp.
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