Lot 71
Milton (John) Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, and are to be sold by T. Helder, at the Angel in Little Brittain, 1669.
Hammer Price: £8,000
Description
Milton (John) Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, title in Pforzheimer's sixth state ('Angel' in imprint in italic), without 'The Printer to the Reader' to head of A2r, woodcut head-pieces & decorative initials, title with neat repairs to blank corners, some other skillful corner repairs to preliminaries and few other ff., F4 small hole within text & very small to Y1, some spotting, mainly near start, lightly browned, a good copy, attractive 19th century calf, panelled in gilt, rebacked preserving original gilt backstrip in compartments with acorn motif and double tan morocco labels, g.e., rubbed, [Pforzheimer cf.716 & 718 (notes); Wing M2143], small 4to, S. Simmons, and are to be sold by T. Helder, at the Angel in Little Brittain, 1669.
⁂ "One of the greatest, most noble and sublime poems which either this age or nation has produced" (John Dryden). In more recent times it was a great source of inspiration for Philip Pullman's trilogy His Dark Materials.
Provenance: "C. Fortescue...on his wedding day 20th Jan 1863"; "Inherited by J.J. Urquhart 1898"; "Roger ?Mynos from J.J.U. July 1934" (ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper).
Description
Milton (John) Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, title in Pforzheimer's sixth state ('Angel' in imprint in italic), without 'The Printer to the Reader' to head of A2r, woodcut head-pieces & decorative initials, title with neat repairs to blank corners, some other skillful corner repairs to preliminaries and few other ff., F4 small hole within text & very small to Y1, some spotting, mainly near start, lightly browned, a good copy, attractive 19th century calf, panelled in gilt, rebacked preserving original gilt backstrip in compartments with acorn motif and double tan morocco labels, g.e., rubbed, [Pforzheimer cf.716 & 718 (notes); Wing M2143], small 4to, S. Simmons, and are to be sold by T. Helder, at the Angel in Little Brittain, 1669.
⁂ "One of the greatest, most noble and sublime poems which either this age or nation has produced" (John Dryden). In more recent times it was a great source of inspiration for Philip Pullman's trilogy His Dark Materials.
Provenance: "C. Fortescue...on his wedding day 20th Jan 1863"; "Inherited by J.J. Urquhart 1898"; "Roger ?Mynos from J.J.U. July 1934" (ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper).
Related Lots
Back To Auction Catalogue
Newsletter Signup
Keyword Alerts
You can now save your preferences to receive emails, or create a free lite account which gives you more features.
Would you like to receive personalised keyword alerts when new catalogues go live. If so, please indicate these below
Set a password to save your keyword alerts
Passwords are a minimum of 7 characters and must include an upper case letter, a lower case letter, a number and a special character.
Newsletter