Milton john baskerville edition (2 risultati)
Editore: Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville, for J. and R. Tonson in London. MDCCLIX [1759] 1759
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Da: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.Riverby Books
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Molto buono
EUR 359,45
EUR 6,06 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Hardcover. Bound in full brown leather. Nicely decorated front cover, with borders and decorations in gold. Leather spine is a professional reback, with title label in gold on maroon. Another maroon label at the foot of the spine says Baskerville 1759. 390 pages + 4 page table of contents. Bindi…ng good and tight, with marble paper endpapers. Gutters reinforced with maroon binders tape on the inside. Bookplate on the inside front cover with initials RJW Milton Library Wickenheiser. Text block clean and square. Some very neat pencil notes in the margins, primarily on pages 190-205. Scarcely any foxing to speak of. A very nice clean copy. Printed on good wove paper. Measures 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Please email with questions or to request photos.
Altre immaginiEditore: Printed by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson, London 1758
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Da: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Quasi ottimo
EUR 2246,54
EUR 5,23 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Full leather. Condizione: Near fine. First John Baskerville Edition. Octavo, [two volumes], [i], ii-lxix, 416pp; 390pp. Full brown calf, thin gilt trim to covers. Five raised bands, title in gilt over red and green morocco labels affixed to spine. Gilt embellishments to compartments on spine. Solid text blocks, small chips to co…rners, faint creasing along hinges. Light foxing along endpapers, occasional spotting throughout text. Overall, a bright, near fine example. Previous ownership bookplate affixed to front endpaper of both volumes. (Gaskell 4a) (Gaskell 5a). In addition to Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, John Baskerville is celebrated for his clear printings of Virgil (1757), Joseph Addison works (1761), The Bible (1763), and Vergil in English (1766). He is the namesake of the modern Baskerville typeface. A complete set of Paradise Lost together with Paradise Regained by John Milton. This is the first edition printed by type designer John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson, published in 1758. (illustratore).
