Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penseroso: Illustrated with Etchings on Steel by Birket Foster
Boards
1860 · London
by Milton, John; Birket Foster, illustrator.
London: W. Kent & Co., 1860. Boards. Good. 28 cm; [4] pages, [24] leaves, each interleaved with onionskin. Portrait on title page, and 28 steel-engraved vignettes in text. Title page in red and black; text printed in red. Bound in full vellum with gilt-stamped border on both boards, leather title label, marbled endleaves by Tomes of Leamington. All edges gilt. Title label scuffed, vellum lightly soiled. Upper hinge splitting; lower hinge tender. Title page somewhat foxed, especially at edges; interleaves foxed; pages evenly toned, with light scattered foxing; first and last blanks toned darker. Early owner's inscription on front blank.
One of several mid-19th-century editions of Milton's two pastoral poems illustrated with vignettes in the Victorian style by Foster. (Inventory #: 4902)
One of several mid-19th-century editions of Milton's two pastoral poems illustrated with vignettes in the Victorian style by Foster. (Inventory #: 4902)