John Milton; Harry Everett Townsend (illus.)
L'Allegro & Il Penseroso, 1902
Chicago: Blue Sky Press
One of 100 copies.
3025
Octavo. 42pp. Townsend's two illustrations, as well as his initials, headpieces, and floral motifs to the endpapers, adapt Milton's moody lyrics to Edwardian Art Nouveau taste. Printed in black and...
Octavo. 42pp. Townsend's two illustrations, as well as his initials, headpieces, and floral motifs to the endpapers, adapt Milton's moody lyrics to Edwardian Art Nouveau taste. Printed in black and red. Bound in full stiff vellum wrappers with red silk ties intact. Some creasing and stray soiling to covers, else near fine.
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