Tactile Printing : First Books and Early Presses
Object ID:
2018.26
Title:
Milton's Poetical Works [line letter]
Subtitle:
Including Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, Lycidas, Sonnets, &c.
Author:
Milton, John
Language:
English
Summary:
Volume One of the Perkins Institution for the Blind 1855 raised letter edition of Milton's works, this volume containing the first nine books only of "Paradise Lost"; embossed in Boston Line Letter on one side of the page; stacked paper spacers between pages; case binding; cover features a brown, blue, and pink marbled paper cover stock, dark brown leather corner tabs and spine wrapping, green endpapers; outlines of individual types are occasionally visible throughout in the embossing.
Publication Date:
1855
Publication Place:
Boston, MA
Publisher:
Perkins Institution for the Blind
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