Milton's L'allegro and Il penseroso / illustrated with etchings on steel, by Birket Foster
RA Collection: Book
Record number
07/4326
Author
Imprint
London: David Bogue, 86 Fleet Street, MDCCCLV
Physical Description
[4] pages, 24 leaves : illustrations (steel-engravings) ; 28 cm.
Provenance
The front pastedown carries the printed bookplate of Anthony David Estill and a bookplate engraved with the name `Hobart' and depicting a horned, spotted bull.
Copy Note
Back pastedown carries the printed bookbinder's ticket of Leighton Son & Hodge, Shoe Lane, London.
Binding Note
Embossed tan cloth binding with gilt titling on spine and gilt title in ornamental frame on front cover. Housed in a custom-made clam-shell box made by Anthony David Estill. With green spine-label lettered in black: `Milton's L'Allegro & Il Penseroso. Illustrated by Birket Foster. Bogue. 1855.'
Contributors
Myles Birket Foster, illustrator
David Bogue, publisher
Anthony David Estill, previous owner, binder
Leighton, Son and Hodge, binder
David Bogue, publisher
Anthony David Estill, previous owner, binder
Leighton, Son and Hodge, binder
