Accession number
PML 17280
Creator
Milton, John, 1608-1674.
Published
Londini : Typis Du-Gardianis, Anno Domini 1651.
Credit line
Acquired, 1910.
Notes
The first ed. appeared in 1650.
Errata note on A2v.
For a description of the complicated publishing history of this work, see F.F. Madan, "Milton, Salmasius, and Dugard" (The Library, ser. 4 vol. 4 (1923) 119-45 and "Revised bibliography of ... Milton's Pro populo Anglicano defensio" (The Libray, ser. 5 vol 9 (1954) 119-45)
MS. note on t.p.: "Ex donatione Autoris Londini: mense August A[superscript]o, 1651" is not in Milton's hand, as identified by Gordon Campbell, because of such letter formations as the D and the L, as well as certain phraseology. He believes this fits with a pattern of inscriptions written by recipients rather than donors. Thus, this volume is likely to have been a gift from Milton, so identified by the anonymous recipient.
Signatures: A², B-2L⁴; last page blank.
Decorative headpieces, tailpieces, and initial letters.
Title vignette: commonwealth arms
A reply to: Saumaise, Claude. Defension regia pro Carolo I.
Errata note on A2v.
For a description of the complicated publishing history of this work, see F.F. Madan, "Milton, Salmasius, and Dugard" (The Library, ser. 4 vol. 4 (1923) 119-45 and "Revised bibliography of ... Milton's Pro populo Anglicano defensio" (The Libray, ser. 5 vol 9 (1954) 119-45)
MS. note on t.p.: "Ex donatione Autoris Londini: mense August A[superscript]o, 1651" is not in Milton's hand, as identified by Gordon Campbell, because of such letter formations as the D and the L, as well as certain phraseology. He believes this fits with a pattern of inscriptions written by recipients rather than donors. Thus, this volume is likely to have been a gift from Milton, so identified by the anonymous recipient.
Signatures: A², B-2L⁴; last page blank.
Decorative headpieces, tailpieces, and initial letters.
Title vignette: commonwealth arms
A reply to: Saumaise, Claude. Defension regia pro Carolo I.
Description
[4], 263, [1] p. ; 34 cm
Provenance
From the collection of Pierpont Morgan.
Binding
3/4 brown marbled leather
Classification
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Department