![]() ![]() Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. 41-66 see ESTC R13352 Grolier Wither to Prior 603 Pforzheimer 718 Wing M-2142. ![]() ![]() Hugh Amory “Things Unattempted Yet” in The Book Collector, Spring 1983, pp. Amory’s subissue 4† with signature Z in the original setting with “illustrous” in line 109 of the seventh book, and with Vv reset reading “far” in line 2 ov Vvlr. With the cancel title-page corresponding to Amory’s fourth issue, title page with “Angel” in the imprint in italic, and no note from the printer to the reader. (Without blank A1 after cancel title, F3 with paper flaw affecting rule border and shoulder notes, tiny mostly marginal wormhole to a few leaves.) Provenance: Elizabeth Gordon (signature on title verso dated 1686) Robert Chilton Pearson (bookplate) Patrick & Julie Pearson (bookplate). Title-page and text within ruled border woodcut headpieces and initials opening each book. Small octavo, bound in full contemporary sprinkled calf, smooth spine gilt, red morocco lettering-piece gilt. Helder, at the Angel in Little Brittain, 1669.įirst edition of Milton’s masterpiece, “one of the greatest works of the human imagination” (DNB). ![]()
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