The Poetical Works of John Milton, With Life of the Author and Appendix Containing Addison's Critique Upon The Paradise Lost, and Dr Channing's Essay on the Poetical Genius of Milton

1st thus. Not dated [1872]. Complete edition, with illustrations. xvi, 416pp plus five plate steel engraving illustrations, including frontis. Elaborately and elegantly decorated cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration to front and spine & Blackwood's emblem blind-stamped and framed in blind tool-work on rear. Boards lightly rubbed at edges. Previous owner's inscription on ffep & crack between fpdep and ffep. Rear of frontispiece tanned and occasionally small page marks, else internally bright, crisp and clean. Neat, square and firmly bound. Lovely, gift-quality copy of this timeless poetry collection. 0