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THE POETICAL WORKS. With notes of various authors, By Thomas Newton, D. D. Paradise Lost. A poem in twelve books. Fifth edition. + Paradise Regained. Samson Agonistes. Poems upon several occasions. Psalms, etc
by MILTON. JOHN. -- Hayman. Francis. Illustrates
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J and R. Tonson. London. 1761. NEW EDITION. Three 4to volumes. (11.9 x 9.6 inches). Vol.1. lxxix, xxii,491pp; - Vol.2. 460pp, 116pp indexes; - Vol.3. 690pp, iipp index. (2 of the last 2 leaves, 4T & 4Ti have been bound in. One in the correct place at the end of the text and again, randomly, in the middle of one of the Poems on several occasions). Illustrated with 20 full page copper engraved plates, including 3 portraits as the frontispiece for each volume, plus 17 fine illustrations by Francis Hayman, each with some offsetting to the page opposite. Neat contemporary previous owners names to the top of the title pages and rear of frontispieces. Some minor foxing to the margins of a few pages, and darker offsetting to 2 leaves where a previous owner had inserted a fern leaf, otherwise a very good set which has been finely bound in recent full speckled brown calf. Spines with raised bands, the compartments double ruled in gilt. Red labels, gilt. Double ruled blind border on boards. An attractive set of this beautifully illustrated and printed edition. --- Francis Hayman (1708-1776), "The most proficient English illustrator of his time" - Gordon R. Ray. The illustrator and the book in England from 1790 to 1914. Page 5.
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- THE POETICAL WORKS. With notes of various authors, By Thomas Newton, D. D. Paradise Lost. A poem in twelve books. Fifth edition. + Paradise Regained. Samson Agonistes. Poems upon several occasions. Psalms, etc
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- MILTON. JOHN. -- Hayman. Francis. Illustrates
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- J and R. Tonson. London. 1761
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