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Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Hardcover. With its beveled, sapphire blue covers gleaming with gilt, this 1872 collection of the poetical works of John Milton (1608-1674) is a noble celebration of the verse of a titan of English literature. Among its pages, you'll find a biography of the poet, his magnum opus Paradise Lost along with Paradise Regained, his early poems, odes, epitaphs, sonnets and psalms, L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Arcades, Comus: A Masque, Lycidas, and more, all illustrated in a tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Milton and 6 dramatic and intricate plate engravings of scenes from his major works. This is truly a stunning, century-old celebration of the revered English poet, sure to send any admirer of Milton's straight to the pearly gates of bibliophile paradise. 6 3/4" X 4 1/2". 574pp. Presents nicely in protective archival jacket. Bound in blue cloth over beveled boards, with geometrical and floral designs stamped in black and gilt to upper board and spine, both lettered in gilt, with rear board decorated in blind. All gilt edges. Mild wear to binding, with rubbing and tarnishing to raised gilt letters and decorations, gentle rubbing to extremities, and tiny tears to head and tail of spine. Hint of spine at gutter of some pages throughout text block; binding remains quite firm, sound, and square. Pages are gently age-toned, else clean and unmarked. Illustrated in 7 tissue-guarded plates. With its beveled, sapphire blue covers gleaming with gilt, this 1872 collection of the poetical works of John Milton (1608-1674) is a noble celebration of the verse of a titan of English literature. Among its pages, you'll find a biography of the poet, his magnum opus Paradise Lost along with Paradise Regained, his early poems, odes, epitaphs, sonnets and psalms, L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Arcades, Comus: A Masque, Lycidas, and more, all illustrated in a tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Milton and 6 dramatic and intricate plate engravings of scenes from his major works. This is truly a stunning, century-old celebration of the revered English poet, sure to send any admirer of Milton's straight to the pearly gates of bibliophile paradise. 6 3/4" X 4 1/2". 574pp. Presents nicely in protective archival jacket. Bound in blue cloth over beveled boards, with geometrical and floral designs stamped in black and gilt to upper board and spine, both lettered in gilt, with rear board decorated in blind. All gilt edges. Mild wear to binding, with rubbing and tarnishing to raised gilt letters and decorations, gentle rubbing to extremities, and tiny tears to head and tail of spine. Hint of spine at gutter of some pages throughout text block; binding remains quite firm, sound, and square. Pages are gently age-toned, else clean and unmarked. Illustrated in 7 tissue-guarded plates. …