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MARTIN -- MILTON, J. The Paradise Lost. Lond., S. Prowett, 1827. 2 vols. W. 24 fine mezzotint plates by John Martin. Lge-8°. Cont. richly blind tooled cf. w. brown cf. letterpieces and marbled edges. (Letterpieces partly gone, spines chafed/rubbed, ti-pp. faintly stained, a bit foxed in places).
Martin's famous mezzotint engravings for this work are an acknowledged high point of British book illustration, and are among the most powerful expressions evoked by Milton's epic, placing Martin's illustrations on a level between those of Blake and those of Doré. First edition with the Martin illustrations.€ 750
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