Sale 22JK02 | Lot 133

[FORE-EDGE PAINTING] MILTON, JOHN. Paradise Lost.

Catalogue: The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
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[FORE-EDGE PAINTING] MILTON, JOHN. Paradise Lost.

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Lot 133
[FORE-EDGE PAINTING] MILTON, JOHN. Paradise Lost.
London: Septimus Prowett, 1827. Two volumes. Dark green straight-grain morocco, gilt decorated spine and boards, gilt lettered spine, all edges gilt. the first volume with a concealed fore-edge painting of Milton's cottage in Chalfont St. Giles, the second volume with a concealed fore-edge painting of St. Giles Cripplegate, the church where Milton is buried. 10 1/4 x 7 inches (26.25 x 18 cm).; Volume I: [6], 228 pp., illustrated with fifteen mezzotints with drypoint by John Martin; Volume II: [4], 218 pp., with nine mezzotints with drypoint by John Martin. Moderate rubbing and wear mostly to spine and edges, corners lightly bumped, hinges with a few minor small cracks, margins and plates toned, foxing throughout, cuttings laid and pasted in volume I, book labels of a lion and "Norway" on pastedowns. "This book was one of the great publishing enterprises of the age" (Ray, Gordon N. The Illustrator and the Book in England, from 1790-1914, pp. 44-45). A finely bound example of Prowett's imperial octavo edition of Milton's Paradise lost, complete with twenty-four of John Martin's masterfully rendered romantic mezzotints.


C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

Estimate: $400 - $600
Sold for $1,638 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $400 - $600
Sold for $1,638 (includes buyer's premium)
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The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 10am EDT