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MILTON, John (1608-74). Poems of Mr. John Milton, both in English and Latin, compos'd at several times, London, by Ruth Rowarth for Humphrey Moseley, 1645, 2 parts in one, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, omitting the 'S' before 'Pauls' in imprint (lacking initial blank leaf a1 and engraved portrait, title page mounted on a guard possibly from another copy ? and with an ownership inscription semi-erased), modern half calf [Wing M2160; Grolier, Wither to Prior 572] -- LAUDER, William. A Essay on Milton's Use and Imitation of the Moderns, in his Paradise Lost, London, J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1750, 8°, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with 4pp. preface by Samuel Johnson, late 18th-century diced russia (rebacked), gilt [Courtney & Smith p. 16; Hazen Johnson's Prefaces p. 77]; together with the first edition, second issue, of Lauder Essay and the Baskerville edition of Milton's Poems in 2 vols. [Gaskell 4a and 5a]. (5)