Poems of Mr. John Milton, both English and Latin, compos'd at several times. Printed by his true copies. The songs were set in musick by Mr. Henry Lawes Gentleman of the Kings Chappel, and one of His Maiesties private musick. Printed and publish'd according to order.
Milton, John,1608-1674.
Lawes, Henry,1596-1662.
Marshall, William,active 1617-1650,engraver.
Milton, John,1608-1674.Poemata.
London : printed by Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at the signe of the Princes Arms in S. Pauls Church-yard,
1645.
In verse.
The engraved frontispiece portrait, which is the first published portrait of Milton, is signed: W.M. sculp:, i.e. William Marshall.
The first leaf is blank.
"Joannis Miltoni Londinensis Poemata" has separate dated title page, pagination, and register. It was probably also issued separately (cf. Wing M2159). "A mask of the same author presented at Ludlow-Castle, 1634" has separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous.
Variant: last line of imprint has "in Pauls" in place of "in S. Pauls".
Annotation on Thomason copy: "Jan: 2d".
ESTC
Wing (CD-Rom, 1996)
Shawcross, J. Milton
Pforzheimer
Thomason
Great Britain England London.