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DRAKE, Nathan. Shakspeare and his Times. London: A. Strahan for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1817. 2 volumes, 4o (267 x 208 mm). Engraved frontispiece (light spotting throughout). Contemporary diced russia gilt, edges gilt concealing fore-edge paintings of SHAKESPEARE AND STRATFORD-UPON-AVON and QUEEN ELIZABETH I AND WINDSOR CASTLE (rebacked, old spine laid down, corners worn); modern cloth slipcase. Provenance: Edw. Egremont (bookplate). -- MILTON, John (1608-1674). Paradise Lost: a Poem, in Twelve Books. London: for T. Spilsbury for J. and H. Richter, 1794. 4o (269 x 218 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved dedication and 10 engraved plates (intermittent spotting, some light dampstaining). Nineteenth-century dark green morocco gilt, edges gilt concealing a fore-edge painting of ST. GILES, CRIPPLEGATE (lower hinge split, inner hinges repaired, joints rubbed, circular indentations on upper cover). Provenance: Edward Laurence Doheny (bookplate).
Provenance for the lot: Estelle Doheny (bookplates; her sale Christie's, 1 February 1988, lot 606). (3)
Provenance for the lot: Estelle Doheny (bookplates; her sale Christie's, 1 February 1988, lot 606). (3)