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    By John Milton
    London   William Pickering
    9" by 5.5" [2], ccii, [4], 270, [4]; [2], xx], 415, [3]; [8], 530, [4]; [8], 581, [3]; [8], 457, [5]; [8], 488, [2]; [8], 469, [3]; [8], 569, [3pp.]
    A very smart collection of John Milton's poetry and prose, complete in eight volumes, uniformly bound in full red morocco.
    By John Milton

    1851 The Works of John Milton In Verse and Prose

    London   William Pickering
    9" by 5.5" [2], ccii, [4], 270, [4]; [2], xx], 415, [3]; [8], 530, [4]; [8], 581, [3]; [8], 457, [5]; [8], 488, [2]; [8], 469, [3]; [8], 569, [3pp.]
    A very smart collection of John Milton's poetry and prose, complete in eight volumes, uniformly bound in full red morocco.
    £1,800.00
    : 8kgs / : 878Q12
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    Leather Binding, Prize Binding

    A very smart set, uniformly bound in full red morocco prize binding, with gilt detailing and motif of Trinity College Cambridge to the front board.

    First edition in this format. Complete in eight volumes.

    This collection is comprised of eight volumes, consisting of two volumes of John Milton's poetical works and six volumes of Milton's prose.

    With a frontispiece of John Milton to volume one.

    With a prize bookplate awarding the set to Arthur from the Head Lecturer of British medieval history, Henry Richards Luard, on behalf of Trinity College Cambridge, dated June 1857.

    Condition

    Rebound in full red morocco. Externally, excellent, with light rubbing to the extremities and to the joints. A touch of fading to the spine. The occasional spot and light offsetting to endpapers. Bookplate to the front paste down of volume one. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with the odd spot. Offsetting from frontispiece to title page of volume one.

    Very Good Indeed

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