- 960
Milton, John
Estimate
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Description
- Milton, John
- Del Paradiso perduto, poema inglese di Giovanni Milton traduzzione di Paolo Rolli... London, Charles Bennet, 1735
- Ink, paper and cow
Folio (18 1/4 x 11 in.; 465 x 280 mm). Three portraits of Milton, Prince Frederick of Wales and Rolli, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces; uniformly browned, offsetting from portraits, spotting and foxing. Contemporary red morocco, gilt rolls on panels, gilt ornament on spine; extremities rubbed, top and bottom of spine damaged with loss.
Provenance
acquisition: Bernard Quaritch, 2012
Literature
Brunet III, 1731.
Catalogue Note
First edition of the first complete Italian translation.