Poetical works of John Milton;
John Milton (1608-1674)
Category
Books
Date
1841
Materials
Measurements
219 x 141 x 35 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 3167020
Summary
Bibliographic description
1 v.. 8vo Not indigenous. Provenance: Inscription on title page: Wm. Cookman, for [?] Jan .2nd 1850 C. A. M. Cookman. The Cookman family were related by marriage to the Johnes family of Dolaucothi, Wales, so this is presumably one of the Dolaucothi books absorbed by The Vyne in the 1950s. Binding: Nineteenth-century full vellum over boards; elaborate gilt-tooled border; centrepiece, spine and inner border; red morocco spine label with title ‘Milton’s Poetical works’; five raised bands; paper edges gilt.
Makers and roles
John Milton (1608-1674)