THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN MILTON.
by MILTON, John, 1608-1674 :
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London : Macmillan & Co., 1877. A standard edition of the poetry, printed on india paper and published in Macmillan's "Globe Edition" series. Bound in 1883 in a very handsome binding, with fore-edge painting, for the Cambridge scholar-bookseller Robert Bowes (1835-1919) as a gift for his wife Fanny Bowes (1831-1903) on her birthday in June of that year. Inscribed and initialled by Bowes with his wife's name and the date - with a further later inscription in a different hand commemorating her death in 1903. With Bowes' personal "Quod Vis Potes" bookplate bound in. Bowes was a nephew of the publisher Alexander Macmillan (1818-1896) and his partner in the Cambridge bookshop of "Macmillan & Bowes", while his wife Fanny Bowes was Macmillan's sister-in-law. Sold together with the companion edition of "Poetical Works of Walter Scott" (1878), bound to match and evidently part of the original gift. Two volumes. Foolscap 8vo (174 x 115mm). (xii),(626); (xliv),(560)pp. Bound in handsome full citron morocco, banded and extra gilt; all edges gilt; hand-painted endleaves in a design of tulips for Milton and thistles for Scott, the designs repeated in concealment beneath the gilt of the fore-edges and only revealed when the pages are fanned open; spines a little darkened and with some minor rubbing, but otherwise in very good order and an extremely rare example of a personalised binding of this type.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44687
- Title
- THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN MILTON.
- Author
- MILTON, John, 1608-1674 :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Macmillan & Co., 1877.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Poetry, Fine Bindings
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Ash Rare Books
All transactions covered by the ABA Code of Good Practice - the most stringent Code of all. Returns allowed on any reasonable grounds.
About the Seller
Ash Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
London
About Ash Rare Books
Ash Rare Books. Founded in 1946 and long one of London's more interesting small book businesses. Owned and run by Laurence Worms, former President of the ABA.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...