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MILTON, John (1608-1674). Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio. London: William Dugard, 1651.
4° (182 x 142mm). Title with engraved Commonwealth arms within ornamental square form, engraved headpieces and capitals. (Spotting, occasionally heavy, light soiling.) 19th-century panelled calf gilt, red morocco label to spine, speckled edges (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Abelius Sammarthanus (inscription to title) -- Mark Pattison, Lincoln College, Oxon (blind-stamp to title) -- British Museum duplicate (stamp to versos of title and last leaf) -- Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate; by descent to the present owners).
FIRST EDITION, issue 3, with the errata on A2, of Milton's response to Defensio Regia, Claude de Saumaise's 1649 attack on the Commonwealth. Milton devoted most of 1650 and what remained of his eyesight to this project, which proved successful in discrediting Saumaise and lending intellectual authority to the young Commonwealth. Mark Pattison, Rector of Lincoln, counts among his writings an edition of Milton's sonnets (1883), and a life of Milton for the English Men of Letters series (DNB). ESTC R32430; Shawcross 100; Wing M-2166.
MILTON, John (1608-1674). Poems. London: for Tho. Dring at the Blew Anchor, 1673.
8° (168 x 103mm). Woodcut winged head ornament on second title. (Occasional light scattered spotting, a few page numbers shaved.) Late 19th-century blue morocco, richly gilt, edges gilt. Provenance: Edward Harwoood Junior, 1799 (faint inscription on A4) -- Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate).
The second edition, including a number of poems here printed for the first time, Shawcross's issue 2, with the second leaf signed A2. ESTC R42174; Pforzheimer 724; Shawcross 314; Wing M-2161A.
MILTON, John (1608-1674). \KEIKONOKLASTHS\k in Answer to a Book Intitl'd \KEIKON BASILIKE\k, the Portrature of his Sacred Majesty in his Solitudes and Sufferings. London: Matthew Simmons, 1649.
4° (181 x 134 mm). Title printed in red and black. (Without initial blank, dampstain and soiling to first and last few leaves.) Black morocco by Zaehnsdorf, sides and spine blind-tooled. Provenance: early manuscript corrections on pp. 42, 53, 112 and 179 faintly visible (as in the Houghton copy) -- Edward Whittaker Hennell (bookplate) -- Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. 'After the Restoration this book, together with his Defensio Pro Populo Anglicano, was ordered by the House of Commons, 16th June 1660, to be burnt by the common hangman' (Pforzheimer). Parker suggests that Andrew Marvell may have assisted Milton in the writing of this work due to his blindness (p. 964). ESTC R202156; Grolier Wither to Prior 577; Parker Milton, p. 963; Pforzheimer 709; Shawcross 78; Wing M-2112.
MILTON, John (1608-1674). Paradise Lost. London: S. Simmons, 1674.
8° (161 x 103mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece by Dolle after Faithorne, ruled in red throughout. (Spotting and browning to first and last few leaves, a few headlines shaved, lacking final blank.) Red straight-grained morocco, by Cecil & Larkins, ruled in gilt, edges gilt. Provenance: Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate).
The second edition, revised. ESTC R13351; Shawcross 318; Wing M-2144.
And two other works by Milton (John MILTON. Literae Pseudo-Senatus Anglicani, Cromwellii. [Amsterdam: Peter and John Blaeu,] 1676. 12°. With final blanks. (Light spotting to foremargin of a few leaves.) 18th-century calf, panelled in blind, edges dyed red (joint starting, worn). Provenance: G. Meredith (early inscription on title-page) -- Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate). FIRST EDITION with the basket of fruit engraving to the title. Shawcross 321.
MILTON, John. Letters of State. London: 1694. 12°. (Occasional light scattered spotting and soiling, a very few small repairs, faint dampstain to some foremargins.) Late 19th-century half roan, speckled edges (rubbed, soiled). Provenance: early signature deleted from title -- Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, second issue, of Edward Phillips's translation of Literae, including the first publication of sonnets 15, 16, and 22. Shawcross 368.).
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4° (182 x 142mm). Title with engraved Commonwealth arms within ornamental square form, engraved headpieces and capitals. (Spotting, occasionally heavy, light soiling.) 19th-century panelled calf gilt, red morocco label to spine, speckled edges (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Abelius Sammarthanus (inscription to title) -- Mark Pattison, Lincoln College, Oxon (blind-stamp to title) -- British Museum duplicate (stamp to versos of title and last leaf) -- Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate; by descent to the present owners).
FIRST EDITION, issue 3, with the errata on A2, of Milton's response to Defensio Regia, Claude de Saumaise's 1649 attack on the Commonwealth. Milton devoted most of 1650 and what remained of his eyesight to this project, which proved successful in discrediting Saumaise and lending intellectual authority to the young Commonwealth. Mark Pattison, Rector of Lincoln, counts among his writings an edition of Milton's sonnets (1883), and a life of Milton for the English Men of Letters series (DNB). ESTC R32430; Shawcross 100; Wing M-2166.
MILTON, John (1608-1674). Poems. London: for Tho. Dring at the Blew Anchor, 1673.
8° (168 x 103mm). Woodcut winged head ornament on second title. (Occasional light scattered spotting, a few page numbers shaved.) Late 19th-century blue morocco, richly gilt, edges gilt. Provenance: Edward Harwoood Junior, 1799 (faint inscription on A4) -- Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate).
The second edition, including a number of poems here printed for the first time, Shawcross's issue 2, with the second leaf signed A2. ESTC R42174; Pforzheimer 724; Shawcross 314; Wing M-2161A.
MILTON, John (1608-1674). \KEIKONOKLASTHS\k in Answer to a Book Intitl'd \KEIKON BASILIKE\k, the Portrature of his Sacred Majesty in his Solitudes and Sufferings. London: Matthew Simmons, 1649.
4° (181 x 134 mm). Title printed in red and black. (Without initial blank, dampstain and soiling to first and last few leaves.) Black morocco by Zaehnsdorf, sides and spine blind-tooled. Provenance: early manuscript corrections on pp. 42, 53, 112 and 179 faintly visible (as in the Houghton copy) -- Edward Whittaker Hennell (bookplate) -- Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. 'After the Restoration this book, together with his Defensio Pro Populo Anglicano, was ordered by the House of Commons, 16th June 1660, to be burnt by the common hangman' (Pforzheimer). Parker suggests that Andrew Marvell may have assisted Milton in the writing of this work due to his blindness (p. 964). ESTC R202156; Grolier Wither to Prior 577; Parker Milton, p. 963; Pforzheimer 709; Shawcross 78; Wing M-2112.
MILTON, John (1608-1674). Paradise Lost. London: S. Simmons, 1674.
8° (161 x 103mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece by Dolle after Faithorne, ruled in red throughout. (Spotting and browning to first and last few leaves, a few headlines shaved, lacking final blank.) Red straight-grained morocco, by Cecil & Larkins, ruled in gilt, edges gilt. Provenance: Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate).
The second edition, revised. ESTC R13351; Shawcross 318; Wing M-2144.
And two other works by Milton (John MILTON. Literae Pseudo-Senatus Anglicani, Cromwellii. [Amsterdam: Peter and John Blaeu,] 1676. 12°. With final blanks. (Light spotting to foremargin of a few leaves.) 18th-century calf, panelled in blind, edges dyed red (joint starting, worn). Provenance: G. Meredith (early inscription on title-page) -- Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate). FIRST EDITION with the basket of fruit engraving to the title. Shawcross 321.
MILTON, John. Letters of State. London: 1694. 12°. (Occasional light scattered spotting and soiling, a very few small repairs, faint dampstain to some foremargins.) Late 19th-century half roan, speckled edges (rubbed, soiled). Provenance: early signature deleted from title -- Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, second issue, of Edward Phillips's translation of Literae, including the first publication of sonnets 15, 16, and 22. Shawcross 368.).
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