The works of John Milton, in verse and prose. printed from the original editions, with a life of the author by the Rev. John Mitford.
John Milton (1608-1674)
Category
Books
Date
1867
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3248367
Summary
Bibliographic description
8 v. : ill., fold. facsim., fold. geneal. tab., port ; 23cm (8vo). Provenance: Golden Age armorial bookplate, lettered: William Earl of Stamford and Baron Grey of Groby [i.e. William Grey, 9th Earl of Stamford (1850-1910)]; engr. C.W. Sherborn RE 1900. Inscribed, v.1: "William Grey Headmaster's Prize for the second in order for the Stevens Scholarship August 1st 1867 S.P. Denning Head Master St Andrew's College. Bradfield." Binding: nineteenth-century calf on bevelled boards, with gilt stamped school device centrepieces and double gilt fillet borders; five false bands, gilt tooled spine, gilt lettered & numbered black spine label. (Fragment from spine inserted, v.1.)
Makers and roles
John Milton (1608-1674) John Mitford (1781-1859)