John Milton; A. Wilson Verity — Milton&Apos;S Arcades and Comus with Introduction, Notes and Indexes

Cambridge , University Press, 1891. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce volume containing Milton's masques, 'Arcades' and 'Comus', with the author's literary notes and biography of the poet. The first thus of this work.In the publishers' original cloth binding. A very scarce volume comprising a biographical introduction to John Milton by A. Wilson Verity, followed by closer readings of his masques 'Arcades' and 'Comus', as well as notes and indexes. From the Pitt Press series.Arthur Wilson Verity was a literary scholar who mainly explored the works of John Milton and William Shakespeare. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart. With rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Hinges are starting, but firm. Missing front free endpaper, otherwise internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot, heaviest to the endpapers. Small ink inscription to the half title. Good . Ill.: None. Good .