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MARTIN [John - Illustrator] MILTON [John] The Paradise lost of Milton with illustrations, desi...
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MARTIN [John - Illustrator]
MILTON [John]
The Paradise lost of Milton with illustrations, designed and engraved by John Martin ... 2 volumes, with 24 mezzotint engraved plates, 19th century diced calf, blind panels, spine decorated in blind in compartments, upper inner joint of vol. 1 weak, some offsetting from the prints and foxing throughout, very slight worming of the edge of the upper margin through a few gatherings in vol. 1, large 8vo., London: Septimus Prowett, 1827
Note: Martin taught himself the technique of mezzotint and this edition of Milton represents one of the earliest and most extensive uses of the process in book illustration.
£250-350
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