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On the Morning of Christ's Nativity
John Milton; Geoffrey Keynes
1923
Cambridge at the University Press : Cambridge
11.5" by 9"
[4] 32pp
SUMMARY
John Milton's important ode, 'On the Morning of Christ's Nativity', paired with beautiful facsimile reproductions of the illustrations by William Blake.
Illustrated,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
An important seventeenth-century nativity hymn, On the Morning of Christ's Nativity, written by noted poet and writer John Milton. The hymn contains many depictions of Christ's incarnation and his defeat of pagan powers.
Including six beautiful facsimile reproductions of illustrations by William Blake.
Collated and complete.
Blake originally drew and painted sixteen illustrations for Milton's On the Morning of Christ's Nativity early in the nineteenth century.
Including a note by Geoffrey Keynes.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding, with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart, with just some light shelf wear and bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. A few light spots to the pages, which are otherwise bright and clean.
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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