Feb 23, 2012 - Sale 2269

Sale 2269 - Lot 126

Price Realized: $ 3,120
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(HAMMER, VICTOR.) Milton, John. Samson Agonistes. Printed in black and russet in Samson Uncial type cut by Paul Koch. Folio, custom binding of full teal morocco with orange and black onlays, some natural spotting; suede-lined, 1/4 deep peach morocco clamshell box with sword design along spine. Florence: Stamperia del Santuccio, 1931

Additional Details

number 51 of only 95 copies and the first book printed by hammer's private press. In 1929, he moved his printing operation into the Villa Santuccio in Florence and named it the Stamperia del Santuccio.