MILTON, John (1608-1674). The Poetical Works of John Milton With notes of various authors . Edited by Thomas Newton (1704-1782). London: J. and R. Tonson, 1761-1752.
MILTON, John (1608-1674). The Poetical Works of John Milton With notes of various authors . Edited by Thomas Newton (1704-1782). London: J. and R. Tonson, 1761-1752. 3 volumes, large 4º (286 x 230mm). 3 engraved portrait frontispieces by George Vertue 17 engraved plates after Francis Hayman (Occasional, mainly marginal spotting.) Contemporary speckled calf, gilt spines with floral tooling and red morocco labels, speckled edges (spines rubbed at head, joints slightly split, rubbing at corners). Provenance : Jasper More (armorial bookplate). A WIDE-MARGINED AND IMPOSING SET OF MILTON's WORKS , combining Hayman's illustrations and the footnotes of Thomas Newton. Hayman's designs first appeared in 1749, and were used in at least 14 subsequent editions, the last in 1818. Newton first published his variorum edition of Milton's Paradise Lost in 1749, with a life and elaborate notes, and in 1752 the remaining poems. As ODNB states, his 'rigorous use of original documents and collation of all previous editions,' meant his work was 'highly rated by literary scholars’. Eight editions of the Paradise Lost appeared by 1775, earning Newton £735. ESTC T153742; Lowndes 1556; cf. Hammelmann and Boase 53.
MILTON, John (1608-1674). The Poetical Works of John Milton With notes of various authors . Edited by Thomas Newton (1704-1782). London: J. and R. Tonson, 1761-1752.
MILTON, John (1608-1674). The Poetical Works of John Milton With notes of various authors . Edited by Thomas Newton (1704-1782). London: J. and R. Tonson, 1761-1752. 3 volumes, large 4º (286 x 230mm). 3 engraved portrait frontispieces by George Vertue 17 engraved plates after Francis Hayman (Occasional, mainly marginal spotting.) Contemporary speckled calf, gilt spines with floral tooling and red morocco labels, speckled edges (spines rubbed at head, joints slightly split, rubbing at corners). Provenance : Jasper More (armorial bookplate). A WIDE-MARGINED AND IMPOSING SET OF MILTON's WORKS , combining Hayman's illustrations and the footnotes of Thomas Newton. Hayman's designs first appeared in 1749, and were used in at least 14 subsequent editions, the last in 1818. Newton first published his variorum edition of Milton's Paradise Lost in 1749, with a life and elaborate notes, and in 1752 the remaining poems. As ODNB states, his 'rigorous use of original documents and collation of all previous editions,' meant his work was 'highly rated by literary scholars’. Eight editions of the Paradise Lost appeared by 1775, earning Newton £735. ESTC T153742; Lowndes 1556; cf. Hammelmann and Boase 53.
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