Author: MILTON, John
Title: L'Allegro & IL Penserosa
Description: New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1954. Hardcover. Paintings by William Blake. Small 4to. Deep green cloth with gilt lettering, slipcase. 43pp; 44pp. Frontispieces, numerous full-page illustrations, marbled endpapers. Fine/very good. Slightest of slipcase wear. Superb LEC production of the second title in their 23rd series. One of the few LEC titles printed dos-a-dos, "L'Allegro" (The Happy Man) contains notes on the poems by W.P. Trent, while "Il Penserosa" (The Melancholy Man) contains notes on the Blake paintings by Chauncey Brewster Tinker. Rear colophon notes limitation of 1780 numbered copies (this #241) instead of their usual 1,500. Laid in are the "Monthly Letter" and the publisher's announcement card for this title. NEWMAN 264. .

Keywords: Poetry


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