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MILTON, John (1608-74). Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions. London: T. Dring, 1673.
8° (159 x 102mm.) With the 2 final advertisement leaves. (Occasional browning and spotting). Contemporary English panelled calf (rebacked, corners a trifle worn).
Second edition of Milton's poems -- the first was published in 1645 -- with much new matter added: "On the Deathof a Fair Infant dying of a Cough," ten sonnets numbered X-XIX, "The 5th. Ode to Horace," "At a Vacation Exercise in the Colledge," "On the New Forcers of Conscience under the Long Parliament" and Psalms 1-8 and 80-88. The work ends with his "Of Education to Master Samuel Hartlib," first printed as a separate piece in 1644. Wing M2161A; Grolier Wither to Prior 573.
8° (159 x 102mm.) With the 2 final advertisement leaves. (Occasional browning and spotting). Contemporary English panelled calf (rebacked, corners a trifle worn).
Second edition of Milton's poems -- the first was published in 1645 -- with much new matter added: "On the Deathof a Fair Infant dying of a Cough," ten sonnets numbered X-XIX, "The 5th. Ode to Horace," "At a Vacation Exercise in the Colledge," "On the New Forcers of Conscience under the Long Parliament" and Psalms 1-8 and 80-88. The work ends with his "Of Education to Master Samuel Hartlib," first printed as a separate piece in 1644. Wing M2161A; Grolier Wither to Prior 573.
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