BINDINGS -- John MILTON (1608-74). The Poetical Works, edited by Sir Egerton Brydges. London: John Macrone, 1835. 6 volumes, 8° (162 x 100mm). Engraved frontispieces, title vignettes by J. M. W. Turner. Finely-bound in later dark green morocco gilt by Lauriat, Boston, spines gilt in compartments, gilt edges (spines faded), modern slipcase (a little worn).
With 13 other works in 42 volumes including Frances Burney's Cecilia (London, 1802, 5 vols., eighth edition), George Harris's The Life of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke (London, 1847, 3 vols.), Agnes Strickland's Lives of the Queens of England (London, 1864, 6 vols.) and William Shakespeare's Works (London, 1874, 2 vols., white calf gilt), all attractively-bound in calf or morocco gilt. (48)
BINDINGS -- John MILTON (1608-74). The Poetical Works, edited by Sir Egerton Brydges. London: John Macrone, 1835. 6 volumes, 8° (162 x 100mm). Engraved frontispieces, title vignettes by J. M. W. Turner. Finely-bound in later dark green morocco gilt by Lauriat, Boston, spines gilt in compartments, gilt edges (spines faded), modern slipcase (a little worn).
With 13 other works in 42 volumes including Frances Burney's Cecilia (London, 1802, 5 vols., eighth edition), George Harris's The Life of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke (London, 1847, 3 vols.), Agnes Strickland's Lives of the Queens of England (London, 1864, 6 vols.) and William Shakespeare's Works (London, 1874, 2 vols., white calf gilt), all attractively-bound in calf or morocco gilt. (48)
