The Maiden & Married Life of Mary Powell, Afterwards Mistress Milton
Printed for M.W. Dodd ND [ca. 1850?]. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good / No Jacket (As Issued). Item #L019178
First Edition. A Good copy in original blue cloth with gilt emblem to the front cover and gilt title to the spine with moderate edgewear, moderate bumping to edges, and light shelfwear overall. Internal sunning to page edges and light foxing throughout, else a nice, clean reading copy. Small 8vo, 271 pp. // The purported diary/journal of Milton's first wife for the first 3 years of marriage (1643-46; Milton married a second time in 1656), written in pseudo-Jacobean style, see Halkett & Laing IV, 7 (cites the 3rd English edition, London, 1855).
Price: $20.00