MILTON, John
Milton's Paradise Lost
Illustrated By Gustave Doré. Edited, with Notes and a Life of
Milton, by Robert Vaughan.
New York: Collier [n.d. but 1889].
First Collier edition thus. Folio (13-3/8 x 10-3/8 in.). Later quarter
vellum and maroon buckram covers with gilt lettering on spine, all edges
gilt. Collates 1 l. (plate 24 as frontispiece), pp. xiv (of xlv), 1-312
(of 313); plus 49 (of 50) ff. plates. Contains 49 (of 50, plate 50 missing)
full page black-and-white illustrations after Gustave Doré on heavy
stock printed on one side only. The final quire, containing the missing
plate 50, the final 34 lines of text (following "In me is no delay;
with thee to go") and blanks, and likewise pp. xv-xlv, comprising most
of the Life and the three-page Introduction, are missing, having never been
bound in. (Plate 24 is bound tissue-guarded as frontispiece, and plate 1
is bound facing page 3.) Cover and spine slightly bumped at extremities,
spine slightly soiled, top tenth of covers slightly sunned, binding strong
and intact, very good overall apart from the missing prefatory pages and
last quire, with negligible occasional staining and foxing internally, the
plates bright and strong. Early owner's inscription on blank recto of frontispiece
plate. This edition, with illustrations printed on heavy paper left blank
on the reverse, is much superior to the original 1866 American edition,
produced on brittle acidic paper with small margins and with printing on
the reverse of the illustrations. As is, lacking pp. xv-xlv and last quire
with pl. 50.
Price: SOLD
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