Areopagitica
by John Milton
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine /Fair
- Seller
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Arlington Hts, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Percy Lund Humphries . No. 18 of a limited edition of 100 copies. A facsimile of the 1644 edition. One of The Noel Douglas replicas. Hand made rag paper bound in vellum. Thin tissue DJ darkened with age and chipped at edges. Interior is clean and unmarked. . Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 1927.
Synopsis
Areopagitica: A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England is John Milton's famous tract against censorship. Published in 1644, Areopagitica is named after a speech by Isocrates, a fifth century BC Athenian orator. The work is counted as one of the most influential and inspired defenses of the right to freedom of expression in history. It is also a personal issue for Milton who was submitted to censorship himself when he tried to publish his defenses of divorce, radical works for the time that gained no quarter with censors. Distributed as a pamphlet, Milton's powerful arguments against 1643's Licensing Order note that classical Greek and Roman society was never subjected to such censorship, and he uses many classical and biblical references to reinforce his argument.
Reviews
My views are as nothing because of the established importance of this work over the centuries. I hope its precepts, the freedom to publish and print and almost the freedom to think will be observed, without these being whittled away as they may be in some countries and some establiched bodies even in the twenty-first century.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Plain Tales Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024461
- Title
- Areopagitica
- Author
- John Milton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Percy Lund Humphries
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Pages
- 40
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Plain Tales Books
Biblio member since 2005
Arlington Hts, Illinois
About Plain Tales Books
Plain Tales Books was started in 1984. General used stock with areas of interest in the book arts, typography, printing, architecture, Easton Press, Franklin Library, Folio Society. Owner: Tom Zimmerman
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- Fine
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