Palmer - The Shorter Poems of John Milton.

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The Shorter Poems of John Milton. With Twelve Illustrations by Samuel Palmer, Painter & Etcher. [Preface by A.H. Palmer. The text follows Warton's edition, but omits Warton's notes.] Folio, xx, 124p, 12 leaves of plates, 34cm, London: Seeley & Company, 1889.

Title-page in red and black. Set in Caslon type and printed on hand-made paper. 12 inserted photogravure plates after etchings by Samuel Palmer with original tissue guards. Binding of full blue cloth stamped in gilt with title and vignette of a piping shepherd ("adapted by Mr Richmond Seeley from a sketch by Samuel Palmer"). Edges uncut. Uppingham School Pririze label, slight spotting to endpapers, but overall a very bright fresh copy.

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