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MILTON, John. The Works. 1697. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION OF MILTON\'S PROSE WORKS.
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MILTON, John (1608-1674). The Works. London: n.p., 1697. 


Folio (330 x 203 mm). Title-page printed within double rule border and with woodcut device. (Small dampstain affecting upper gutter of first few leaves, lacking front pastedown, other unglued.) Contemporary paneled calf (first two compartments repaired, fore-corners worn, light edgewear). Provenance: John Waller (ownership signature on title dated 1717).

FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of Milton's prose works, this copy with the final blank 4C4 lacking in the Pforzheimer copy. Pforzheimer 728; Wing M-2086.

Property from the Collection of Dr. K. William Harter, Alexandria, Virginia