£170
Binding. Milton (John) & Johnson (Samuel), Paradise Lost, with the Life of the Author/To which is prefixed the Celebrated Critique, London: Printed by C. Whittingham for T. Heptinstall, 1799, engraved title-page and frontispiece, pp: xlix, 371, [5] (advert and list of subscribers), 12 engraved plates after Edward Francis Burney, finely bound in contemporary crimson straight-grain morocco gilt, a trifle tired and rubbed, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and dentelles, Sold by Westley & Parrish, 159, Strand, [London], contemporary ticket to ffep, 4to.
Provenance: 'To Mr Robt. Low,/as a pledge/of Gratitude, and Esteem,/created, and matured,/by the nurturing beams/of pure, and dis-interested Friendship;/this volume/is respectfully offered -/Xmas Eve/1810', ink manuscript presentation inscription to ffep.
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