Item #123292 The Poetical Works... edited by Sir Egerton Brydges, Bart. Illustrated with Engravings from drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A. John Milton.

The Poetical Works... edited by Sir Egerton Brydges, Bart. Illustrated with Engravings from drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A.

1865. London: William Tegg, n.d. [c. 1865].

Thick royal 8vo, civ, 767 pp. With a frontispiece and 7 full-page plates on stiff paper. De luxe binding of full red hardgrain morocco extra, gilt-panelled backstrip, gilt edges, a very superior de luxe binding in fine condition.

§ A splendid copy of the collected poetical works of Milton. Tegg printed numerous editions of Milton in large quantities so they are not scarce but this is a very fine and well preserved example of a Victorian gift book at its best. Item #123292

Price: $500.00

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