Lu.2.23 - Lu.2.24
Poems. Selections
Poems in English / John Milton; illustrations by William Blake.
London : At the Nonesuch Press, 16 Great James Street, London, 1926.
2v : ill. ; 25cm.
Text printed by Walter Lewis at the University of Cambridge Press.
Illustrations printed by the Chiswisk Press.
Decorations designed by D. P. Bliss.
Both vols include notes on the illustrations.
Vol 1 includes index.
Blado Italic type on watermarked Van Gelder Rag Paper with vertical chain lines and deckled edges ; some leaves unopened.
Both vols have vellum quarter-binding with tan and brown decorated paper boards and lettering stamped in gold on spine.
ECL copy: No. 189 of 1450 copies in two vols.
Vol 1 with ms. previous shelfmarks in pencil and ink.
Vol with armorial bookplate of Eton College School Library.
Both vols with bookplate of C. J. M. Adie.
Blake, William, 1757 - 1827 artist.
Adie, C. J. M. (Clement James Mellish), 1876 - 1954 former owner.
Lewis, Walter, 1878 - 1960 printer.
Bliss, Douglas Percy, 1900 - 1984 Engraver.
England London.
B25070