Paradise Lost, Books 1 to 12 (2 Volumes)

Complete in two volumes. Volume One: unpaginated, extra title page with engraved illustration after T Stothard , and six further engraved plates, interleaved, by the acclaimed artist, R Westall). Volume Two: unpaginated, extra title page with engraved illustration by Westall, and six further Westall engraving, interleaved). In plain card covers with paper title labels on spines (covers worn, rubbed at edges, rounded at corners, cracked along spine joints and at spine tips). Internally general bright and fresh but some foxing to prelims and plates in both volumes and tanned page edges. The last plate in volume two is detached but present. Staining on front of volume one which also affects first few pages.