C1870 JOHN MILTON Paradise Lost ANTIQUE Gustave Dore VICTORIAN Fine Binding BOOK
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, with Numerous Explanatory Notes. A Memoir by David Masson, M.A., LL. D., Steel Portrait, and Twenty-One Full-Page Illustrations by Dore.
Boston: D. Lothrop & Company, ND c1870.
Classic large Victorian stunningly bound prose/poetry collection by John Milton. Includes illustrated frontis and a plethora (over 20) of full page plates by Gustave Dore, many more than the usual three or four, as shown. Decorative Victorian stylized boards... with gilt titled design on both the covers and the spine; some extremity wear, some exposure at the edges of the spine, but gilt still nice and bright. Page edges shining gilt. Binding intact, although the hinges are a little shaken and splitting and the pages are a little shaken in places. Includes famous poem Paradise Lost, also a few other works as well. Remains a striking shelf presence; measures 6.5" x 8.25" x 1.75". Good luck!
00025
Boston: D. Lothrop & Company, ND c1870.
Classic large Victorian stunningly bound prose/poetry collection by John Milton. Includes illustrated frontis and a plethora (over 20) of full page plates by Gustave Dore, many more than the usual three or four, as shown. Decorative Victorian stylized boards... with gilt titled design on both the covers and the spine; some extremity wear, some exposure at the edges of the spine, but gilt still nice and bright. Page edges shining gilt. Binding intact, although the hinges are a little shaken and splitting and the pages are a little shaken in places. Includes famous poem Paradise Lost, also a few other works as well. Remains a striking shelf presence; measures 6.5" x 8.25" x 1.75". Good luck!
00025
