Paradise lost. A poem in twelve books. The author John Milton. Compared with the authentic editions, and revised /by John Hawkey, ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Milton, John, 1608-1674
Corporate Author: Joseph Leathley's Binder
Other Associated Names: Hawkey, John
Language:English
Published: Dublin printed by S. Powell, for the editor 1747
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Collection:Benjamin Iveagh
Description
Item Description:1421
Physical Description:(6), 394 p., (6) 23 cm.
Binding Note:Binding: Dublin gold-tooled tan morocco. Crown and mitre roll border within double fillets. Centre lozenge composed of bird, vase and quadrant fan tools, flowers, dots and tendrills. The spine has five bands and six gold-tooled compartments, with gilt edges. Uniformly bound with Hawkey's 'Paradise Regained' (1752) ; it, however is in red morocco. Illustrated in McDonnell and Healy, plate XLV and identified as the work of Joseph Leathley's binder; individual tools are identified.
Bibliography:First issue with uncancelled title. woodcut headpieve. William Parkinson Ruxton bookplate. Bradshaw 454, Gilbert Library 550. N3 AR165/1