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MILTON, John (1608-1674). Paradise Lost.. Paradise Regain'd. Birmingham: John Baskerville for J. & R.Tonson, 1759.
2 works in 2 volumes, 4 (247 x 177mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece in first work by Miller. (Occasional spotting.) Near-contemporary blue morocco gilt by Edwards of Halifax bindery, covers with outer fillet and dog-tooth roll, inner border of a repeated palmette tool, with later monogrammed badge 'W.J.R' with motto 'Tout vient de Dieu', spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second, the others with central lyre tool, leafy spray cornerpieces, with greek-key roll above and below, gilt turn ins, g.e. (very light scuffing to extremities). Provenance: W.J.R. (binding); Thomas Macpherson Grant (armorial bookplate).
Fine copies of the second Baskerville editions, the second work with overprinted erasure on title. The bindings can be attributed to the Edwards bindery on the basis of the lyre tool (see Maggs Bros. cat. 1075, item 224) and the palmette tool (see Maggs Bros. cat. 1212 item 157; Nixon Five centuries.. no.77). Gaskell 6 & 7. (2)
2 works in 2 volumes, 4 (247 x 177mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece in first work by Miller. (Occasional spotting.) Near-contemporary blue morocco gilt by Edwards of Halifax bindery, covers with outer fillet and dog-tooth roll, inner border of a repeated palmette tool, with later monogrammed badge 'W.J.R' with motto 'Tout vient de Dieu', spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second, the others with central lyre tool, leafy spray cornerpieces, with greek-key roll above and below, gilt turn ins, g.e. (very light scuffing to extremities). Provenance: W.J.R. (binding); Thomas Macpherson Grant (armorial bookplate).
Fine copies of the second Baskerville editions, the second work with overprinted erasure on title. The bindings can be attributed to the Edwards bindery on the basis of the lyre tool (see Maggs Bros. cat. 1075, item 224) and the palmette tool (see Maggs Bros. cat. 1212 item 157; Nixon Five centuries.. no.77). Gaskell 6 & 7. (2)