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Bloomsbury Auctions 25th Anniversary Sale
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Doves Press.- Milton (John) Areopagitica, one of 25 copies on vellum, 3 small bookplates removed from front pastedown, these earlier causing offsetting on to front free endpaper, original limp vellum by the Doves Bindery, spine gilt, 4to, The Doves Press, 1907. ***Colin Franklin in his The Private Presses considers The Doves Press to be "the simplest and purest of them all in style" and believes that in their Areopagitica "Milton was well served".. ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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