Jun 14, 2016 - Sale 2419

Sale 2419 - Lot 63

Price Realized: $ 2,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
MILTON, JOHN. Le Paradis Perdu. 2 volumes. French and English text. Illustrated with 12 color stipple engravings, cut by Bonnefoy, Clément, Colibert, Demonchy, and Gautier after paintings by Schall. Large 4to, original marbled boards with orange leather spine labels, extremities moderately rubbed; all edges trimmed and speckled, minor foxing throughout not affecting the plates, minor offsetting to plate verso. Paris: Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, 1792

Additional Details

first edition, second (preferred) issue by Maisonneuve. a beautiful example of early color printing. Cohen de Ricci 708; Raynaud 350-351.