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John Martin
Illustrations to John Milton, Paradise Lost, The larger Plates Septimus Prowett, London, 1825-7 (Balston 9A4; C.W. 26-49)
mezzotints, most plates with touches of drypoint and etching, 1824-7, the set of 24, on T. Dupuy paper, from the First Edition, one of the sets of proofs published without verse text, C.W. 40 with and C.W. 42 before the scratched word proof, both rare, C.W. 39 with watermark Initials T.D., the full sheets as published with the exception of C.W. 34, trimmed, some discolouration and tape staining at the upper and lower sheet edge, unbound, C.W. 26 and 49 with a crease at the lower left corner, C.W. 28 with a small surface loss adjacent to the reclining figure in the mid-foreground, C.W. 44 and 49 with a few short tears at the sheet edges, C.W. 44 with the upper platemark partially split, C.W. 46-9 with a brown ink stain at the upper sheet edge, some plates with surface dirt on the subject, the plates variously foxed, bound in contemporary half Morocco, with title impressed in gilt on Morocco lettering piece on upper cover, overall S. 505 x 340mm; Ile de Philoe; and Vue de la Turquie, by J. Laurens after E. Bertin (cf. Beraldi p. 51), lithographs, on Chine appliqué; and Le Dante et Virgile (Beraldi 2), by A. Mouilleron after A. Guignet, lithograph on Chine appliqué(album and 4)
Illustrations to John Milton, Paradise Lost, The larger Plates Septimus Prowett, London, 1825-7 (Balston 9A4; C.W. 26-49)
mezzotints, most plates with touches of drypoint and etching, 1824-7, the set of 24, on T. Dupuy paper, from the First Edition, one of the sets of proofs published without verse text, C.W. 40 with and C.W. 42 before the scratched word proof, both rare, C.W. 39 with watermark Initials T.D., the full sheets as published with the exception of C.W. 34, trimmed, some discolouration and tape staining at the upper and lower sheet edge, unbound, C.W. 26 and 49 with a crease at the lower left corner, C.W. 28 with a small surface loss adjacent to the reclining figure in the mid-foreground, C.W. 44 and 49 with a few short tears at the sheet edges, C.W. 44 with the upper platemark partially split, C.W. 46-9 with a brown ink stain at the upper sheet edge, some plates with surface dirt on the subject, the plates variously foxed, bound in contemporary half Morocco, with title impressed in gilt on Morocco lettering piece on upper cover, overall S. 505 x 340mm; Ile de Philoe; and Vue de la Turquie, by J. Laurens after E. Bertin (cf. Beraldi p. 51), lithographs, on Chine appliqué; and Le Dante et Virgile (Beraldi 2), by A. Mouilleron after A. Guignet, lithograph on Chine appliqué(album and 4)