The poetical works of John Milton. With notes of various authors; and with some account of the life and writings of Milton, ... By the Rev. Henry John Todd, ...
John Milton (1608-1674)
Category
Books
Date
1842
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3187430
Summary
Bibliographic description
4 v. : front. (port.) ; 22 cm. (8vo). Provenance: nineteenth-century Anson bookplate with motto ‘Nil desperandum’ and Viscount’s coronet (though seven pearls visible) [i.e. Thomas Anson, created Viscount Anson & Baron Soberton, 1806 (1767-1818) or his son, Thomas William Anson, 2nd Viscount Anson (1795-1854), created Earl of Lichfield, 1831]. Binding: nineteenth-century vellum; gilt roll borders; gilt tooled spine, board edges and turn-ins; gold lettered red and black spine labels.
Makers and roles
John Milton (1608-1674) Henry John Todd (1763-1845)