THE POETICAL WORKS OF MILTON

London & Edinburg: Addison, 1776. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket, as issued. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. THE POETICAL WORKS OF MILTON in four volumes, by John Milton,From Bell's Edition, The Poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill. Volumes 1, 2 and 4 of Milton. In full calf, with gilt Greek key ornamentation on front & back covers, gilt ornaments and titles to spines, marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. With engraved portrait of Milton in volume 1, and engraved frontispiece all three volumes. No markings anywhere. Textblock printed on laid paper. 4 ¾" tall. A Very Good+ set. Former owner's name "G. Welsford" gilt on red leather affixed to front pastedown on all volumes. Corners rubbed, one bumped. Vol.1 - PARADISE LOST, A POEM IN TWELVE BOOKS FROM THE TEXT OF DR. NEWTON, IN TWO VOLUMES. Edinburg, 1776. Opens with the Life of Milton, followed by Advertisement, then "A Critique upon the Paradise Lost" by Joseph Addison, Esq., ends with Book Five. 240 pages. Tiny open tear, top corner p.59; Tiny dark spot at center of pp.235-240; Three or four faint spots of foxing Vol.2 - London, 1778. Opens with PARADISE LOST Book VI. Ends with Book Twelve. 213 pages. Small stain top margin of frontispiece. No foxing Vol.4 - Edinburg, 1779 THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN MILTON, Containing Poems on Several Occasions, Sonnets, Psalms, Elegies, Odes &c, &c, &c. With green page mark ribbon. Poems in last half of book in Latin, with some Greek. Ends with "A Glossary Explaining the antiquated and difficult Words in Milton's Poetical Works", and lastly a table of Contents. 216 pages. With poems in last half of book in Latin, with some Greek; Two Small holes, 3 cm, pp.135-136; A few spots of foxing p.144