Description: Great book for art and fine book collectors! Full title of John Milton's Comus: 'A Mask presented at Ludlow Castle 1634: on Michelmas night, before the right honorable John, Earl of Bridgewater, Viscount Brackley, Lord President of Wales, and one of His Majesty's most honorable privy council'. Here, in John Milton's masque Comus, the god is described as the son of Bacchus and Circe, a post-classical invention. The tale concerns two brothers and their sister, simply called "the Lady", lost in a journey through the woods. When the Lady becomes fatigued, the brothers wander off in search of sustenance. While alone, she encounters the debauched Comus, a character inspired by the god of revelry, disguised as a villager who claims he will lead her to her brothers. Deceived by his amiable countenance, the Lady follows him, only to be captured, brought to his pleasure palace and victimised by his necromancy. Printed in Great Britain by The Cornwall Press, Ltd., Paris Garden, Stamford Street, London. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 75 pages.
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Cloth
Place of Publication: London, England
Language: English
Illustrator: Arthur Rackham
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Signed: No
Author: John Milton
Publisher: The Cornwall Press
Topic: Fairy Tales & Fantasy
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Year Printed: 1922
