The Shorter Poems Of John Milton With Illustrations By Samuel Palmer.
£300.00
Publisher
Seeley and Company, Essex Street, Strand.
Place
London
Date
1889
Synopsis
John milton's shorter (or "minor") poems represent a stunning breadth of his early career, primarily published in his landmark 1645 poems of mr. john milton. they showcase his mastery of odes, sonnets, masques, and elegies long before he wrote paradise lost. illustrations by the visionary landscape painter, etcher and printmaker samuel palmer (1805-81), celebrated for his pastoral settings.
Item Description
Folio. 12.75 X 9 inches. 124 pp. Half title and title page in red and black. Deckle edged pages, age toned. Original cloth, title, illustrator and publisher in gilt to spine, upper cover with an (alternative) title 'The Minor Poems of John Milton' and vignette in gilt. Illustrated by 12 photogravure plates of etchings by Samuel Palmer with original tissue guards.
[Stock No. 30073]
