L'Allegro ; Il Penseroso
Hardcover
1954 · New York
by Milton, John and William Blake
New York: The Limited Editions Club / George Macy Company, 1954. Hardcover. VG- (Ex-art library, with faint label mark on spine; i. d. marks on book block edges and outermost pages, incl. pocket and card; inscription from one person to another; otherwise clean.). A turn-around book. Black cloth, gilt letters on spine and on both covers; marbled flyleaves and book dividers. 88 total pp., 12 BW plates. Two, two, two books in one. Half of this volume is John Milton's "Il Penseroso," and the other half is "L'Allegro." Both texts include 6 BW illustrations each, as rendered by English painter and poet William Blake (1757-1827). #1392 of 1780 copies. Nice! (Inventory #: 159400)