The Mask of Comus. The poem, originally called 'A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634, &c.' edited by E. H. Visiak. The airs of the five songs reprinted from the composer's autograph manuscript edited by Hubert J. Foss.

John Milton; Henry Lawes

Published by Nonesuch Press, Bloomsbury, London, 1937

About this Item

xxiv, 44, [1] pp. plus 5 full-page color illustrations; folio, full parchment, yapp fore edge, gilt spine title, all edges untrimmed. No slipcase. Text and music type printed at the Oxford University Press on Pannekoek mould-made paper; illustrations by Mildred R. H. Farrar printed from linoleum cuts by the Curwen Press. Number 518 of 950 copies. Very good copy overall; contents fine, covers lightly soiled, foot of spine bumped and showing a one-inch crack, tips rubbed, trace of small neat label removal from front blank. Dreyfus 109.

Seller Inventory # 4706

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Mask of Comus. The poem, originally called 'A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634, &c.' edited by E. H. Visiak. The airs of the five songs reprinted from the composer's autograph manuscript edited by Hubert J. Foss.
• Publisher: Nonesuch Press, Bloomsbury, London
• Publication Date: 1937
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Private press and modern fine printing