Lot 173
Milton, John
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 January 2017 at 11:00 GMT
£475
Description
Paradise Lost [Paradise Regain'd... to which is added Samson Agonistes and Poems upon Several Occasions]. Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1760. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary speckled calf with red and green morocco gilt labels to spines, "The Life of Milton" bound with volume 1, some light browning, joints and covers slightly rubbed (2)
Footnote
Provenance: Subscriber's copy with the signature of West Hyde, with the date and "Subscribed for in 1757" to each title-page. Subscriber's list in volume 1 listing West Hyde Esq. as "of the 1st Regm. of Guards".