MILTON, JOHN. POEMS IN ENGLISH. 2 Vols. Illustrations by William Blake. London: Nonesuch Press, 1926. #470 of 1,450. Vellum backs and pattern brown paper boards. Very good condition. Includes: Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, Miscellaneous Poems. Text and illustrations chosen by Geoffrey Keynes. Text printed on Van Gelder rag paper, edges untrimmed, the whole arranged by Francis Meynell. Estimate $150-200
PROVENANCE: Estate of Ambassador and Mrs. William H.G. FitzGerald, Washington, DC, by descent from Ignaz Petschek and Nikodem Caro, Austro-Hungarian Empire.