The Poetical Works of John Milton.
£350 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books
A handsome copy in red morocco gilt by Bickers Son of Milton's collected poems comprising his epic blank-verse narratives Paradise Lost and Paradise Regain'd, his closet drama Samson Agonistes, sonnets, and other miscellaneous poems. 8vo (22 x 14.5 cm); engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, woodcut initials, head and tailpieces, gift inscription in pen to free endpaper, occasional minor spotting and offsetting; contemporary red pebble-grain morocco by Bickers Son, covers framed in gilt with central Celtic cross design roundel, gilt spine in 6 compartments, all edges gilt, minor wear to extremities, the odd abrasion, very good; [2], xxxi, [1], 687, [1]pp.
- Binding: Hardcover
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