Thick hardbound 8.o in a blue cloth binding richly decorated in black and gilt. All edges gilt. Mildly rubbed and slightly loose in binding. A very good or better copy. Portrait of Milton engraved by Humphreys from a print by Faithorne as frontispiece. The 24 illustrations by John Martin are pasted albumen prints. A few pages loose. XXXI, (I), 687 pages, (I) + 24 full page original photographs.