Lycidas, L'allegro, Il penseroso, and the Ode on the morning of Christ's nativity / John Milton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milton, John, 1608-1674, author.

Contributor:

Bell, Robert Anning, 1863-1933, illustrator.

George Bell & Sons, publisher.

Chiswick Press, printer.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

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

Series:

Carillon series.

Carillon series

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. 1903

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--17th century.

English poetry.

Curran, Stuart A. (honoree) (Milton Collection copy).

Wittreich, Joseph Anthony (donor) (Milton Collection copy).

Local Subjects:

Curran, Stuart A. (honoree) (Milton Collection copy).

Wittreich, Joseph Anthony (donor) (Milton Collection copy).

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Worcester, Jane (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

52, [2] pages : illustrations ; 15 cm.

Manufacture:

London : Chiswick Press,

Other Title:

Lycidas and other odes

Allegro

Penseroso

Ode on the morning of Christ's nativity

Place of Publication:

London : George Bell and Sons, MDCCCCIII [1903]

Notes:

Title page printed in red with decorative border trim in art nouveau style and with decorative illustration on verso.

L'Allegro and Il Penseroso have large illustration headpieces incorporating the poem's title, printed in red.

"This volume is illustrated by Robert Anning Bell, printed at the Chiswick Press, and published by George Bell & Sons, London, MDCCCCIII"--Colophon.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck has some uncut leaves.

PR3552.L9 1903 Milton Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran, 2019 has gray paper covered boards decorated with alternating rows of plain paper with "M" at the top and bottom and a row of bells against a black background. Preliminary page has initials "AR March 1904" printed.

OCLC:

635490340