Comus, a mask : presented at Ludlow Castle 1634, before the Earl of Bridgewater, then president of Wales / by John Milton ; to which are added L'allegro and Il penseroso, and Mr. Warton's account of the origin of Comus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milton, John, 1608-1674.

Contributor:

Curran, Stuart A., honoree.

Wittreich, Joseph Anthony, donor.

Manhood, Richard, 1818- former owner.

Cartwright, Honor Durnell, approximately 1801-1859, inscriber.

Warton, Thomas, 1728-1790.

Bensley, Thomas, 1759-1835, printer.

Harding, E. (Edward), 1755-1840, bookseller.

Stuart Curran-Joseph Wittreich Milton Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Comus

Language:

English

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, 124 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm (8vo)

Other Title:

Half-title: Milton's Comus

Fingerprint:

7.nd ph's 2.er +C40 (3) 1799 (A)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by T. Bensley ... for E. Harding ... and W. West ..., 1799.

Notes:

Signatures: [A]² B-H⁸ I⁶.

Engraved plates.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center PR3557 .A1 1799 presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran. Copy inscribed to Richard Manhood by Honor Durnell Cartwright (March 1859) on front free endpaper; autograph ("J Grant Lusurten[?]") on half-title leaf. Bound in full brown leather; spine and cover edges tooled in gold; black leather spine label with title stamped in gold. Left board and front free endpaper detached; spine damaged.

Cited in:

ESTC T134614

Wickenheiser, R.J. Collection of John Milton, p. 76 (no. 233)

Contains:

Milton, John, 1608-1674. Allegro.

Milton, John, 1608-1674. Penseroso.

OCLC:

23628586