Milton's Paradise Lost. Illustrated By Gustave Dore. Edited, With Notes And A Life Of Milton, By R. Vaughan, D.D. de MILTON, John (1608-1674) / DORE, Gustave (1832-1883) / VAUGHAN, Robert (1795-1868).:

Cassell Petter & Galpin N/D. Ex-library- minimal markings, folio, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decorative rule to spine & front board, blind decoration to rear board, aeg, lxii + 329pp, illus/plates, VG- (heavy scuffing & cracking to spine & hinges, heavy bruising with some surface loss to board edges & extrems, 3cm gouge to front board edge, light to moderate chafing to boards, spine sl cocked, moderate cracking to gutters- binding still sound, minimal library markings, light to moderate foxing throughout)

Cassell & Company, London 1905. 34.0 x 25.0cms, 330pp, 50 b/w illusts, very good hardback with decorated boards (no dustwrapper as issued; weak front hinge; no foxing) Vaughan writes on Milton's life.

Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 2009. New Soft cover. 9.0"x6.0"x0.75". be36.Cassell and Company, 1907. Cassell and Company. 24 illustrations by Gustave Dore. LXIX + 268 pages. Fine Hardcover, no dj. Embossed Coral cloth, Gilt spine title and stamping. Zero wear. Clean Unmarked throughout.Excellent binding and hinges. 6.4"x4.0". be10.

New York & London: Cassell & Company; Hunter & Beach, Printers. Very Good. 1895. early printing. Hardcover. Woodcut plates; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 329 pages; Circa [1890-95] Cassell & Company; Hunter & Beach, Printers. New York & London. Oversize large quarto HC soundly bound in original decorative trade cloth binding; pebbled olive cloth with elaborate decorative pictorial design to cover and spine in black and gold. All edges gilt; boards bevel edged. Floral pattern light green endleaves. Tissue guarded frontis. Binding is sound with no splits or gaps between signatures or to endleaves. Superficial rubbing and trace fray to cloth at corner tips and spine ends. There is moderate foxing to the the first and last 4 or so leaves but the contents are clean and unfoxed with supple paper; mild halo toning to the page stock. Just light, nearly trace silverfish scaling to cloth at edges of the boards and a few superficial imperfections to the gilt edges of the page… Leer más

1890 Paradise Lost John Milton GUSTAVE DORE Art God Genesis Eden Bible FOLIO
A scarce and beautiful folio edition of John Milton's epic poem "Milton's Paradise Lost" includes incredible illustrations by Gustave Dore. It tells the story of Adam and Eve's fall from grace in the Garden of Eden, as well as Satan's rebellion against God. Dore's collection of 50 detailed and dramatic illustrations brings the characters and events of the poem to life, depicting angels, demons, and heavenly battles in vivid detail. The artwork is considered some of the most iconic and influential representations of the story and continues to inspire artists and readers today.
Item number: #41002
Price: $550
MILTON, John; DORE, Gustave (Illus.); VAUGHAN, Robert (Contrib.)
Milton's Paradise Lost Illustrated by Gustave Dore Edited with Notes and a Life of Milton by Robert Vaughan, D.D.
London; Paris; New York; Melbourne: Cassell and Company, Limited, [c.1890].
Details:
· Collation: Complete
o [4], lxii, 329, [1]
o 50 full-page… Leer más

London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1882.. Folio. Handsomely bound in early twentieth-century quarter vellum over oak boards in the style of Douglas Cockerell, with Celtic knot decoration in the Arts and Crafts taste tooled in blind to the vellum on the upper and lower boards. The spine with five raised bands and titles in gilt. Original white metal clasps to the upper board and braided vellum ties to the lower board (now defective). Tooled vellum turn-ins. All edges gilt. The pages comprising the textblock have been slightly shuffled by the binder so as to create the look of being untrimmed. The contents complete, although bound somewhat idiosyncratically, beginning with the half title, contents, list of illustrations, and lxiipp. life of John Milton and introduction, prior to the first plate and the title page, which are then followed by the text itself (329pp.). The life of Milton and the introduction are misbound within themselves as i-xx, liii-lxii, xlv-lii, xxi-xliv. Four leaves of laid… Leer más