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Price: US$127.04 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xxviii 620pp, contemporary calf (boards slightly worn to edges), recent reback with raised bands and black morocco label, some light foxing, name erased from top of title and two small pieces torn away from top margin, a few marginal notes in pencil, 8vo (22.5x13.5cm), ESTC T134607
Seller: Flora Books, Mears Ashby, United Kingdom
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Description: [title continued]: epigrammatum liber, sylvarum liber. With notes critical and explanatory, and other illustrations, by Thomas Warton, Fellow of Trinity College and Late Professor of Poetry at Oxford.First edition thus. 8vo (9 x 5 1/2 inches), 620-pages. Contemporary full tan calf, spine with wide ornamental gilt rules with gilt ornaments within, burgundy letterig piece. Joints cracked but holding well, corners rubbed. Contemporary signature on front free endpaper. Internally very clean.
Seller: Bristow & Garland, Shaftesbury, United Kingdom
John Milton. Poems Upon Several Occasions, English, Italian, and Latin. James Dodsley, London, 1785.
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Condition: Good
Description: The first edition of John MIlton's poems edited by the literary historian Thomas Warton. The first Thomas Warton edition.ESTC citation number T134607.Page 164 is misnumbered 146.A collection of the poems of John Milton, the noted English poet and civil servant during the Commonwealth of English.This edition contains Milton's original poems, as well as his noted translations. Contents include 'At a Solemn Music', 'Epitaph on Shakespeare', 'Lycidas', 'Horace to Pyrrha', 'Naturam non Pati Senium', and more.Milton is best known for his 1667 blank verse epic poem 'Paradise Lost', a poem which is generally considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever.Warton was a literary historian, and Poet Laureate.Bookplate of Richard Luckett to the front paste down. Ink notes to the front paste down, verso of the front endpaper, and to a rear blank. In a full calf binding, rebacked with the original boards restored. Externally, rubbed, mostly to the boards. Some marks to the boards, a little heavier to the rear board. Minor bumping to the extremities. Bookplate to the front paste down. Ink notes to the front paste down, verso of the front endpaper, and to a rear blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned with some scattered spots, mostly to the first and last few pages. The occasional ink note to the text. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good
Description: Stout large octavo, original polished calf, covers detached, small piece gone from inner lower blank edge of title, good. By this time, Warton's work on Spenser and his monumental history of English poetry had established him as a leading critic and literary historian. All of his expertise and talent were brought to bear in this present work which immediately was recognized as the best critical edition of Milton's poems ever produced. Its reputation extended far into the next century, and as late as 1968, Parker in his monumental biography of Milton quotes Warton and credits him with discovering vital facts about Milton and his work. Coleridge 86; not in Kohler. First edition.
Seller: G. W. Stuart, Jr., ABAA(emeritus), Yuma, AZ, U.S.A.
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Description: Octavo, contemporary calf, joints broken and front cover detached, else good. By this time Warton's work on Spencer and his monumental history of English poetry had established him as a leading critic and literary historian. All of this preparation and talent were brought to bear in this present volume which was recognized immediately as the best critical edition of Milton's poems ever produced. Its reputation extended far into this century; and as late as 1968, Parker, in his monumental biography of Milton, quotes Warton and credits him with discovering vital facts about Milton and his work. The first, and only lifetime Warton edition. Coleridge 86; not in Kohler.
Seller: G. W. Stuart, Jr., ABAA(emeritus), Yuma, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: Stout large octavo, new quarter of calf gilt, title mended at inner edge with loss of several letters, name at top of title, decent example. By this time, Warton's work on Spenser and his monumental history of English poetry had to bear in this present work which immediately was recognized as the best critical edition of Milton's poems ever produced. Its reputation extended far into this immediate past century, and as late as 1968. Parker in his monumental biography of Mlton quotes Warton and credits him with discovering vital facts about Milton and his works. Coleridge 86; not in Kohler. The first (and sole lifetime) edition.
Seller: G. W. Stuart, Jr., ABAA(emeritus), Yuma, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$417.06 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A collection of John Milton's poetry. Containing poems in Latin and Italian, with English translations. Edited by Thomas Warton, with extensive critical notes. First thus, the first edition of this anthology edited by Warton. Comprising of hundreds of poems including odes, sonnets. Also containing his 'Comus' which was commissioned for masques for noble patrons. The editor, Thomas Warton, was a popular literary historian and critic. He was also Poet Laureate of England for five years. With the bookplate of James Franch Bright to the recto of front endpaper. Bright was a British historian and a Master of University College, Oxford. He wrote several works including English History for the Use of Public Schools and The Growth of Democracy. From the antiquarian library of Christopher Rowe. Christopher Rowe was a schoolmaster in Norwich and then in Bristol. Throughout his career he inspired many to love literature, history and music. He was a specialist on 17th century printer and bookseller, Humphrey Moseley and began his, unfortunately unfinished, PhD dissertation on him. The publication of this work received immediate praise for Warton from the 'Critical Review' and other periodicals. Many people considered this work to be the best edition of Milton's shorter poems which inspired Warton to publish a second edition including 'Paradise Lost' and 'Paradise Regained'. Unfortunately, this never came to fruition. John Milton was a seventeenth century poet, polemicist, man of letters and civil servant. His writings reflect his time of writing, which was swamped with religious flux and political upheaval. His writings were multi-lingual and tended to be in English, Latin, Greek and Italian. In a full calf binding. Rebacked with original boards preserved. Externally, smart with slight rubbing to the extremities and to the boards. Small loss to the extremities due to rubbing. A few marks to boards. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown, Christopher Rowe. Prior owner's bookplate to the recto of front endpaper, James Franck Bright. Ink inscription to recto of front endpaper. Prior owner's pencil notations to the margins of page 352 and 353. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned with light scattered spots throughout. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom