MILTON’S POETICAL WORKS, WITH TWO BEAUIFUL FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS
MILTON, John. The Poetical Works. London: W. Kent, 1859. Two volumes. Small octavo, contemporary full brown calf, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, marbled spines, all edges gilt, fore-edges with paintings. $1650.
Later edition of Milton’s verse, illustrated with 120 engravings by John Thompson and others, handsomely bound by Nutt and with two beautiful fore-edge paintings depicting angels, Satan and Adam and Eve.
"After Shakespeare and Chaucer, John Milton is the most eminent poet in the English language" (Bloom, John Milton, 1). Includes Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, Comus and many shorter works. Prize inscriptions dated 1865.
Minor wear to boards. A lovely production with particularly nice fore-edge paintings.