1345519 THE HISTORY OF BRITAIN, THAT PART ESPECIALLY NOW CALL’D ENGLAND. John Milton.
THE HISTORY OF BRITAIN, THAT PART ESPECIALLY NOW CALL’D ENGLAND
THE HISTORY OF BRITAIN, THAT PART ESPECIALLY NOW CALL’D ENGLAND
THE HISTORY OF BRITAIN, THAT PART ESPECIALLY NOW CALL’D ENGLAND
THE HISTORY OF BRITAIN, THAT PART ESPECIALLY NOW CALL’D ENGLAND

THE HISTORY OF BRITAIN, THAT PART ESPECIALLY NOW CALL’D ENGLAND

London: printed by J[ohn]. M[acock]. for John Martyn at the sign of the Bell in St Paul’s Church-Yard, 1677. Second Edition, First Issue. Octavo, 357, [59] pages; VG-; Bound in full brown calf. Some shelf wear and rubbing to edges and corners of boards; more significant chipping, cracking, and minor tears to leather of spine. Dark ink stain impacting pp. 319-338. A modern reproduction of an engraved portrait of Milton included but not bound in.The first leaf is blank--cf. Shawcross. Includes index and bibliographical references.

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NOTES

ESTC R16523; Wing M2121; Coleridge, K.A. Catalogue of the Milton collection in the Turnbull Library, 25a; Shawcross, J. Milton, 323; Pforzheimer, 711; Wickenheiser II.335.

Printer’s name from Wing CD. This is the first issue of the second edition, despite the fact that there is no edition statement on the title page. The second issue of the second edition (issued in 1678 by John Macock for Mark Pardoe) includes the words "The second edition" on the title page (Wing M2122). Running title reads: The history of England.

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