Areopagitica: A Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, to the Parlament sic of England

by John Milton

$4,500 · Offered by Argosy Book Store

First edition

Hammersmith: Doves Press, 1907. Short slim 4to 9-1/4 x 6-1/2 inches , bound by the Doves Bindery in original naturally-mottled limp vellum with gilt title on spine. Hammersmith: The Doves Press, 1907. Limited edition. A beautiful printing of one of the earliest and most important works on the freedom of speech and of a free press. Printed by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson and Emery Walker, from the first edition of 1644.

• Binding: Leather

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