The Poetical Works of John Milton / with illustrations by William Harvey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milton, John, 1608-1674, author.

Contributor:

Newton, Thomas, 1704-1782, editor.

Harvey, William, 1796-1866, illustrator.

Buckley, Theodore Alois, 1825-1856, writer of preface.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--17th century.

English poetry.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

viii, 570 pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm

Edition:

New edition / carefully revised, from the text of Thomas Newton, D.D.

Distribution:

New York : George Routledge, 416 Broome Street,

Other Title:

Milton illustrated

Milton's poetical works

Place of Publication:

London : George Routledge and Sons, The Broadway, Ludgate, [ca.. 1874]

Contents:

Paradise Lost

Paradise Regained

Samson Agonistes

Poems on Several Occasions

Sonnets

Psalms

Johannis Miltoni Londinensis Poemata

Elegiarum Liber Primus

Epigrammatum Liber

Sylvarum Liber.

Notes:

Frontispiece portrait plate is of Milton Dictating to his Daughters engraved by Dalziel with protective tissue guard. Title page has single black rule and "A New Edition, carefully Revised" in gothic font.

"London: Savill, Edwards and Co., Printers, Chandos Street, Covent Garden"--Title page verso.

Preface by Theodore Alois Buckley, London 1853.

Earlier editions had "To Which is Prefixed a Biographical Notice" on title page and later editions have different frontispiece illustration (Satan cast out of heaven).

Front cover richly decorated in embossed black and gilt in floral motif, with Milton's name in embossed letters against a gilt background in center, a small harp at top and centralized floral motif at bottom with "Illustrated" in small embossed lettering beneath. Brown endpapers and all edges gilt.

Local Notes:

PR3551.N3 1874 Milton Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran, 2021 has front cover and spine detached from text. Text has penciled ms. annotations. Shipping list from ElevenEleven Books laid in.

Cited in:

Wickenheiser, R. J. : Collection of John Milton at the University of South Carolina, University of South Carolina Press, 2008, page 541, item 2150.

OCLC:

1543240006