May 05, 2022 - Sale 2603

Sale 2603 - Lot 106

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
Milton, John (1608-1674)
The History of Britain, that Part Especially Now Call'd England.

London: Printed by J.M. [John Macock] for James Allestry, 1670.

First edition, quarto, Faithorne portrait of the author bound opposite the title, bound in full contemporary English tan calf ruled in blind with red spine label, unrestored, back joint starting, a nice survival, 7 3/4 x 6 in.

Wing M-2119; ESTC R13663; Pforzheimer 710; Shawcross 306; Wither to Prior 609.

From the Ken Rapoport Collection.