May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279

Sale 2279 - Lot 170

Price Realized: $ 1,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
MILTON, JOHN. Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions. [8], 165, [1]; 117, [5] pages, including 2 ad leaves at end. 2 parts in one volume. Small 8vo, contemporary sheep-backed boards, quite worn; contents toned with occasional heavy browning, varying foxing, stains, and soiling, lower outer corner off B1 affecting a few words on verso, free endpapers lacking. Early signatures of John Wigan. London: Tho. Dring, 1673

Additional Details

Second edition; first state of title, with "White Lion" address in imprint. The first edition appeared in 1645. Shawcross 313; Pforzheimer 723; Wing M2161.