THE POETRICAL WORKS OF MILTON, YOUNG, GRAY, BEATTIE, AND COLLINS: Complete in One Volume
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1854. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxxii, 170, viii, 208, x, 47, [1], ix, [1], 23, [1], iv, 19, [1], [2, ads] pp. with the frontispiece and a full-page plate, both steel engravings with tissue guards. In the publisher's brown morocco binding, with a lobed recessed panel, blind-stamped ruled borders, gilt-stamped ruled surround with ornamental corners, and ruled ornamental surround for recessed panel, blind-stamped ruled surround, and vignette of a muse with emblems on the front and rear panels, and blind-stamped ruled bands, and gilt-stamped ornamental compartments and titling on the spine. All edges gilt, with cream coated endpapers. The contents are a bit toned, with some general foxing. Brief passage from Milton handwritten in pencil on the rear blank leaf, with a clever little pencil drawing to the rear flyleaf. Aside from some mild rubbing along the extremities, the binding is remarkably fresh. Provenance: from the Publishers' Bookbindings collection of Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin. Item #80133
Price: $150.00