Milton's Paradise Lost, John Milton, 1802, 2 Volume Set

Milton's Paradise Lost; A New Edition, Adorned with Plates. By John Milton, 2 Volume Set, Complete.

Published by F.J. Du Roveray; Printed by T. Bensley and sold by R. Dutton, B. Crosby and Co., E. Lloyd, and J. Bell, 1802.

A very good set of books with calf leather spine and corners, with marbled paper over boards. Decorated gilt design to spine. 

A very attractive set. Endpapers and first few pages have some foxing, but the text is generally clean and soundly bound. The plates are beautifully engraved, from paintings by Henry Fuseli, although they are foxed with age, but still a handsome set.

Text in English.

Vol. I: Prelims with portrait frontispiece + 264pp + 6 Plates.

Vol. II: Prelims + 250pp + 6 Plates.

Weight approximately 988g (the set - unpacked).

Dimensions: 

Each volume approximately 191mm high x 123mm wide x 23mm deep.