Areopagitica; a speech of Mr. John Milton for the liberty of unlicenc'd printing, to the Parlament of England.
1644
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Title
Areopagitica; a speech of Mr. John Milton for the liberty of unlicenc'd printing, to the Parlament of England.
Created/published
London : [s.n.], printed in the yeare, 1644.
Description
[2], 40, [2] p. ; (4to)
Associated name
Milton, John, 1608-1674, author.
Note
The last leaf is blank.
Annotation on Thomason copy: "Ex dono Authoris"; "Nouemb. 24:"; on p.12: wayfaring is corrected to "warfaring"; Lord is corrected to "Lords" (these emendations may be in Milton's hand; cf. Bernard Quaritch catalogue 1165, no. 144, where Parker, W.R. Milton: a biography, p.890 is cited).
Annotation on Thomason copy: "Ex dono Authoris"; "Nouemb. 24:"; on p.12: wayfaring is corrected to "warfaring"; Lord is corrected to "Lords" (these emendations may be in Milton's hand; cf. Bernard Quaritch catalogue 1165, no. 144, where Parker, W.R. Milton: a biography, p.890 is cited).
Reproduction
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1977. 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm (Thomason Tracts; 4:E.18[9]).
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2008-2009. Breaking News (catalog entry 40)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1987. Folger's Choice (catalog entry 01)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1987. Folger's Choice (catalog entry 01)
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), M2092
British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661, E.18[9]
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 707
Shawcross, J. Milton, 61
Coleridge, K.A. Catalogue of the Milton collection in the Turnbull Library, 4
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R210022
British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661, E.18[9]
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 707
Shawcross, J. Milton, 61
Coleridge, K.A. Catalogue of the Milton collection in the Turnbull Library, 4
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R210022
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
M2092
Folger-specific note
211423. Dark green morocco binding with gilt four-fillet central panel in the shape of an octagon and gilt floriate tooling in the outside corners; gilt tooled spine panels, spine title, edges of boards, and turn-ins; binding signed "Club Bindery 1899" and re-bound by Frank Mowery. Brady engraved bookplate signed "Charles Selkirk 1908." Church engraved bookplate signed "EDF 1895." manuscript mark on t.p. Lacking final blank leaf. T.p. mutilated and backed at spine fold. Trimmed, affecting side-note on B1v. Provenance: engraved bookplate of E. D. Church; armorial bookplate of Walker Thomas Wallace (motto "sperandum est esperance"); engraved bookplate of James Cox Brady; Folger Shakespeare Library gift from Mrs. Charles Engelhard, Jr. in memory of Joseph Verner Reed