Mar 08, 2018 - Sale 2468

Sale 2468 - Lot 179

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
MILTON, JOHN. Pro populo Anglicano defensio, contra Claudii Anonymi, aliàs Salmasii, defensionem regiam. Square engraving of Commonwealth arms on title. [22], 205 pages, including errata leaf following title. 4to, 184x140 mm, contemporary sheep, spine quite worn, ends chipped, joints starting at top and bottom, cover corners worn through; contents toned. Contemporary Latin inscription on front flyleaf quoting Saumaise on Milton. Donation bookplate dated 1732 of R. A. Perkins, Canon of Ely, on title verso; bookplates of Ely Cathedral Library (released) and booklabels of Helmut Friedlaender inside front cover. London: typis Du Gardianis, 1651

Additional Details

first edition, third issue, of Milton's defense of the execution of King Charles I, written in response to Claude de Saumaise. Shawcross 100.