MILTON, JOHN. Latin And Italian Poems Of Milton Translated Into English Verse, And A Fragment Of A Commentary On Paridise Lost . By The Late William Cowper, Esq. With A Preface By The Editor, And Notes Of Various Authors. Chichester, J. Seagrave for J. Johnson, and R.H. Evans, London, 1808.

Price: US$540.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Quarto, bound without half title in quarter sheep, boards, very worn, joints broken, spine badly scuffed, little age embrowning and dust soiling internally; an uncut example very fine internally and complete with the three engravings by Flaxman. Edited by William Hayley, this/was Cowper's final great work. First edition.

Seller: G. W. Stuart, Jr., ABAA(emeritus), Yuma, AZ, U.S.A.

John Milton. Latin And Italian Poems of Milton. Chichester, J. Seagrave for J. Johnson and R.H., 1808.

Price: US$875.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Quarto, original Irish binding of red morocco gilt, all edges gilt, by George Mullen of Dublin, newly and expertly rebacked by master binder Philip Dusel, and preserving original spine, bookplates of the Archbishop of Cashel and of John Sparrow, neat inscription on fly-leaf, very fine and complete with the half title and the three full-page Flaxman engravings. This exceptionally large copy has some uncut edges and probably is the finest copy available.Edited by William Hayley, this translation was William Cowper's final great work. When his final decline in health over took him, he was at work on the Commentary, which is here printed as he left it. Kohler, 226; NCBEL II, 658; Not in Coleridge; Wickenheiser 443. First edition.

Seller: G. W. Stuart, Jr., ABAA(emeritus), Yuma, AZ, U.S.A.