The Poetical Works of John Milton: Hardback: Leatherbound: c1865: Gilt

Edited by Sir Egerton Brydges, Bart.

Published by William Tegg, London, c1865. Leatherbound, 767 pages. Illustrated with engravings from drawings by J. M. W. Turner. Gilt head, fore and bottom edges. Gilt detailing to cover. Marbled gloss end papers.

CONDITION
Overall fair condition commensurate with age - see photos. Wear to hardcover at corners and spine. Scuffs/marks to gilt edging. Foxing to end papers and throughout. Water staining to front free end papers. No names or writing. Nothing which interferes with enjoyment of the text, binding holding firm.

A selection of the poetry of John Milton, illustrated with detailed and beautiful engravings throughout. Containing the epic 'Paradise Lost' - an epic poem written in blank verse, a biblical poem that tells the story of the Fall of Man, being the temptation of Adam and Eve and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and eleven plates. John Milton was a noted English poet of the seventeenth century, considered to be one of the best English poets of all time.

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