Live veiling - Lot 709
A gift from Emery Walker
[Doves Press]
Paradise regain'd. A poem in IV books to which are added Samson Agonistes & Poems, both English and Latin compos'd on several occasions.
Hammersmith, Doves Press, June 1905
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2.800
€ 1.500 / 2.000
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Beschrijving lot
4to: 344 pp.
Contemp. limp vellum by the Doves Bindery, flat spine titled in gilt. Mod. white cardboard slipcase. Very good copy.
Early highlight of the Doves Press (founded in 1900), and 2nd volume of Milton printed by the Press, after "Paradise lost" in 1902. Ed. limited to 300 copies on paper, 25 on vellum. 1 of 300 on paper. Printed in red and black. This is the first Doves Press book in which Greek type was used.
Ref. Tidcombe (Doves Press) DP7. - Tomkinson (Doves Press) 7. - Ransom (Doves Press) 7.
Prov. Ex dono "to Ethel, Offer from Emery Walker, March 17, 1906" (ms. note on blank page a1). E. Walker (1851-1933) was co-founder of the Doves Press, together with T.J. Cobden Sanderson.