Physical description
278 hardcover (gold embossing on edge of walnut cover) titled 'The Poetical Works of John Milton. From the text of Dr. Newton with the Life of the Author and a critique on 'Paradise Lost' by Joseph Addison, Esq. Cooke's Pocket Edition Vol. Embellished with superb engravings. London. Printed for C. Cooke, No 17, paternoster Row; part of Cooke's Edition of Select Poets. 1) 1016 Thomas Balfour Stirling 1797 inscribed in black ink on cover page. 2) The gift of Dr Hume? To E. P. Library 1.475 No 884 on 7th cover page. 3) Various stamps & Stickers of Eaglehawk. Public Library on cover and cover pages.
Inscriptions & markings
John Milton