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Doves Press.- Milton (John) Areopagitica; a Speech...for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, to the Parliament of England, one of 300 copies on paper, inscribed by Thomas Cobden-Sanderson to his son "To Richard Cobden-Sanderson with much affection from his father 1 July 1907" on front free endpaper, original limp vellum, by the Doves Bindery, spine titled in gilt, uncut, preserved in modern board slip-case, 4to, Doves Press, 1907.
⁂ A good association copy of Milton's work opposing censorship and propounding the right of freedom of speech, a text important to Thomas Cobden-Sanderson and his wife, Anne (née Cobden) who both held progressive political opinions. Their son, Richard, was named after his grandfather, Richard Cobden, a radical politician and founder of the Anti-Corn Law League.
Colin Franklin in The Private Presses considers The Doves Press to be "the simplest and purest of them all in style" and believes that in their Areopagitica "Milton was well served".
Lot 372
Doves Press.- Milton (John) Areopagitica; a Speech...for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, to the Parliament of England, one of 300 copies, Doves Press, 1907.
Hammer Price: £1,800
Description
Doves Press.- Milton (John) Areopagitica; a Speech...for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, to the Parliament of England, one of 300 copies on paper, inscribed by Thomas Cobden-Sanderson to his son "To Richard Cobden-Sanderson with much affection from his father 1 July 1907" on front free endpaper, original limp vellum, by the Doves Bindery, spine titled in gilt, uncut, preserved in modern board slip-case, 4to, Doves Press, 1907.
⁂ A good association copy of Milton's work opposing censorship and propounding the right of freedom of speech, a text important to Thomas Cobden-Sanderson and his wife, Anne (née Cobden) who both held progressive political opinions. Their son, Richard, was named after his grandfather, Richard Cobden, a radical politician and founder of the Anti-Corn Law League.
Colin Franklin in The Private Presses considers The Doves Press to be "the simplest and purest of them all in style" and believes that in their Areopagitica "Milton was well served".
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