Areopagitica: A Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, to the Parlament [sic] of England MILTON, John LAW,LIMITED,PHILOSOPHY,POLITICS,PRESS BOOKS

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. One of 300 unnumbered copies.