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    By John Milton; David Masson [Ed.]
    London   Macmillan and Co.
    9” by 6” cxxxii [2], 456; viii, 488; Viii, 555 pp.
    A lovely complete three volume set of the Poetical Works of John Milton with David Masson’s influential introductions, notes, and linguistic commentary on the canon of England’s great epic poet.
    By John Milton; David Masson [Ed.]

    1874 The Poetical Works of John Milton: Edited with Introductions, Notes and an Essay on Milton’s English

    London   Macmillan and Co.
    9” by 6” cxxxii [2], 456; viii, 488; Viii, 555 pp.
    A lovely complete three volume set of the Poetical Works of John Milton with David Masson’s influential introductions, notes, and linguistic commentary on the canon of England’s great epic poet.
    £240.00
    : 4kgs / : 985H21
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    Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

    In the publisher's original green cloth binding with gilt. 

    Complete in three volumes.

    Each volume features a tissue-guarded frontispiece. Collated, complete. 

    A nineteenth-century scholarly edition of Milton’s verse, including Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, early poems, and shorter pieces, supported by historical introductions, textual commentary, and linguistic analysis.

    John Milton (1608–1674) was an English poet and civil servant best known for Paradise Lost (1667), regarded as one of the greatest works in the English literary canon.

    The editor of this work, David Masson was a Scottish academic who made regular contributions to 'Fraser's Magazine', 'Dublin University Magazine' and many other contemporary periodicals. Masson's true scholarly prowess lay in his Milton editorials. His magnum opus was his 'Life of Milton in Connexion with the History of His Own Time'. His library edition of Milton's works first appeared in 1874.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in very minor loss to cloth. Slight rubbing to boards. One or two very minor closed tears to heads of spines. Previous owner's bookplate to front paste downs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to rough cut fore edges.

    Very Good Indeed

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