Engraved frontispiece, with tissue guard. 12mo. Contemporary blue straight grain morocco, second and fourth panels lettered in gilt, the rest with gilt devices, covers with ornate gilt roll-tool border, marbled endpapers, all edges in gilt. London, John Bumpus, 1821.
An attractive copy of this diminutive early-nineteenth century edition of Milton’s great classic of English literature. A few tiny spots to outer leaves, light wear to joints and corners.
