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    By John Milton; A. Chalmers
    London   Bickers & Son
    8.5" by 6" xxxix [2], 699 pp.
    A smart copy of this illustrated edition of Milton’s Poetical Works, illustrated with 12 plates and Chalmers’ classic biographical preface, featuring Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and others.
    By John Milton; A. Chalmers

    1881 The Poetical Works of John Milton: Printed from the Original Editions With a Life of the Author

    London   Bickers & Son
    8.5" by 6" xxxix [2], 699 pp.
    A smart copy of this illustrated edition of Milton’s Poetical Works, illustrated with 12 plates and Chalmers’ classic biographical preface, featuring Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and others.
    £58.00
    : 0.75kgs / : 980H54
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    Description

    Illustrated, Leather Binding, Rebound

    Bound in a full red calf binding, rebacked with original spine laid down.

    Illustrated by R. Westall with 12 monochrome plates, including a frontispiece portrait of John Milton. Collated, complete. 

    This 1881 edition collects Milton’s major poems: "Paradise Lost," "Paradise Regained," "Lycidas," and "Comus," among others, drawn “from the original editions,” and includes a prefatory “Life of the Author” by Alexander Chalmers.

    Alexander Chalmers (1759–1834) was a prolific Scottish editor, biographer and compiler, notably of The General Biographical Dictionary.

    Condition

    Bound in a full red calf binding, rebacked with original spine laid down. Externally, generally smart. The odd handling mark and spot to boards with slight soiling. Slight creasing to calf of boards towards joints. Rubbing and the odd scratch to boards, with slight loss to calf. Slight rubbing and creasing to spine. Hinges reinforced. Previous owner's contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to first and last few leaves.

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