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MILTON, John; DORÉ, Gustave (illustrator).

Paradise Lost.

Paradise Lost.

Stock Code 116774

London, Cassell and Company Limited, [c.1890].

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A handsome edition of Doré's illustrated Paradise Lost. Originally published in 1866, Doré's illustrations of Milton's epic were some of his most striking, and most famous, despite being towards the end of his career.

Folio (34 x 17 cm); 50 wood-engraved plates by Doré, gilt morocco bookplate to front pastedown, discreet library blind stamp to final publisher's blank; full black morocco gift binding, blind panel tooling to boards, spine lettered in gilt in six compartments, gilt inner dentelles, slight wear to extremities, boards a little bowed, a very good copy; lxii, 329pp.

Provenance

Provenance: Joseph Williams (bookplate dated 1890); Neatham Mill Library (stamp).

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