Lot 33
  • 33

Milton, John

Estimate
300 - 500 GBP
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Description

  • Milton, John
  • The Works of Mr. John Milton. [No publisher], 1697
folio (313 x 200mm.), contemporary calf, rebacked, new endpapers

Provenance

Nicholas Penfound; John Phillipps (both signatures on title-page); W.A.M. Burden, booklabel

Literature

Coleridge 72; Wing M2086; Pforzheimer 728

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing where appropriate
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Catalogue Note

First collected edition of Milton's prose works.