MILTON, John Lot n° 36

Le Paradis perdu, poem Paris, Defer de Maisonneuve, 1792 EXEMPLAIRE DE SOPHIE POTOCKA, PROVENANT DE SA BIBLIOTHÈQUE À TOULTCHYN 2 volumes in-4 (328 x 245 mm). Bilingual edition. Translation by Nicolas-François Dupré de Saint-Maur, sometimes attributed to Claude Jean Chéron de Boismorand COLLATION: t. I: (2) ff. viii-391 pp; t. II: (2) ff. 377 pp. ILLUSTRATION: 5 (of 12) engravings printed in color, by Clément, Colibert, Demonchy and Gautier, after paintings by Schall ADDED ILLUSTRATION: 1 frontispiece portrait of Milton and 20 burin engravings on steel printed in black, after various artists, from the illustrated Amable Rigaud folio edition of 1867. Each of these 20 plates has been trimmed to fit the book's format. PERIOD BINDINGS. Green Russian leather, gilt decoration, frieze framing the boards, ornate ribbed spines, "B. Tul." stamped at the tail of the spines, dominoté paper lining and endpapers, gilt edges. Provenance: Countess Sophie Potocka (1760-1822; handwritten bookplate and "Biblioteka Tulczynska" wetstamp, both repeated on title pages) -- Countess Isabelle Potocka (20th-century handwritten bookplate repeated on title pages). repeated on title pages) Slight rubbing, old minor restorations to bindings. Seven of the color engravings are missing. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Brunet, III, 1730-1731 -- Cohen-de Ricci, 708