RAMBLINGS IN THE ELUCIDATION OF THE AUTOGRAPH OF MILTON.
London: Thomas Richards for the Author, 1861.
First edition. Folio. xxviii, 263p. + 20p. index. Two photo reprints of of Milton portraits and 27 facsimiles of Milton's handwriting. Bound by J. Wright in dark green morocco over heavy boards, the covers framing sunken wooden panels with drawings from Paradise Lost after J.F. Rigaud, executed by J.L Tupper, elaborate gilt rules around the morocco borders, the spine richly gilt, t.e.g., the pastedowns with repetitions of the cover drawings in three different sizes. Light foxing to title, bumping to corners and rubbing occasioned by the volumes size and weight, one area of joint cracking, but still quite sound. A most unusual and rare binding. Item #24394
A treatise on the problem of identifying whether late Milton manuscripts are in his or a secretarial hand. Brunet IV, 461; Graesse VI, I, 451.
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