Lot 271
Milton, John
Paradise Lost
Auction: Books & Manuscripts | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 253 to 285
Description
with Illustrations by John Martin. London: Charles Tilt, 1833. 4to (26.3 x 17.8cm), early 20th-century morocco with blind tooling reminiscent of a 17th-century binding, raised bands, gilt edges, later spine label, 24 mezzotint plates by Martin interleaved with tissue guards, binding worn at extremities, boards and spine scuffed, with loss of gilt tooling of title and author on upper board; together with:
Strutt, Joseph. Glig Gamena Angel Deod or, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, London: printed by T. Bensley for White and Co. ..., 1810. Second edition, large 4to (29.5 x 23cm), late 19th-/20th-century calf gilt (binder's ticket of William Potter, Liverpool), frontispiece and 39 sepia plates, spine faded, occasional spotting, some dustsoiling and creasing to frontispiece and title page;
[Bible; English; Authorised Version]. London: printed by John Field, 1653. 24mo (11 x 5cm), 18th-century calf with metal clasp (engraved with name of Charles Ward, Rupert Street, St. James), missing title page but otherwise complete, cropped tightly on outer margins, leaves 2T8-9 torn with slight loss of text [Darlow & Moule 635; ESTC R170533];
[Rider, Cardanus, pseud.]. Riders (1692.) British Merlin: Bedeckt with many Delightful Varieties and Useful Verities. London: printed by Edw. Jones, 1692. 12mo, contemporary vellum (12.5 x 7.5cm), printed in red and black, anatomical woodcut in text, binding discoloured and worn with small hole burnt on upper board (title page unaffected) [ESTC R218524];
[Rider, Cardanus, pseud.]. Rider's British Merlin: for the Year of Our Lord God 1741. London: printed by R. Nutt, for the Company of Stationers, [1740/41]. 12mo (12.6 x 7.2cm), 19th-century paper boards and marbled endpapers, some dustsoiling and spotting and minor damage to inner margin of title-page [ESTC T44985];
[Doré, Gustave, illustrator] Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. The History of Don Quixote. London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, [c. 1864-71]. Large 4to (30.7 x 23cm), 19th-century mottled calf gilt, rebacked with raised bands on spine, gilt edges, illustrated with wood-engravings from drawings by Gustave Doré, occasional spotting;
and 11 small loose miscellaneous engravings, including an entrance ticket to Monkwell Street, Chapel, London, stamped ‘1789’ (17)