MILTON, JOHN. The Reason of Church-government Urg'd against Prelaty...In two Books. London: Printed by E.G. for John Rothwell, 1641. Small 4to, brown morocco, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g., by Riviere, front cover detached, catchwords in first signature shaved, a few others touched, top margin of title-page cut close, lacking initial blank. FIRST EDITION, large floral ornament on title within two rows of type ornaments. Wing M2175. Milton's fourth anti-episcopal tract and the first of his publications to which he signed his name; it contains some revealing autobiographical passages in which Milton identifies himself as a poet and speaks of his high ambitions. Bookplate of Walter Thomas Wallace.