MILTON (JOHN) Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books, engraved portrait; Paradise Regain'd. A Poem in Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes and Poems Upon Several Occasions, with uncancelled state of title-page, Samson overprinted, together 2 works, Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1759 (2)MILTON (JOHN)Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books, engraved portrait; Paradise Regain'd. A Poem in Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes and Poems Upon Several Occasions, with uncancelled state of title-page, "Samson" overprinted, together 2 works, engraved plates and opening few pages of "Lost" toned, occasional spotting, uniform blue morocco gilt by Derome Le Jeune (with his ticket on front endpaper of each volume), covers with saw tooth and double fillet enclosing inner border with various ornaments (flowers, birds, etc.), spines in six compartments, four decorated with single gilt flower surrounded by other small tools, the others lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins decorated with floral motifs, pink watered silk endpapers, g.e., blue morocco pull-off cases by Riviere [Gaskell 6 & 7], 4to (240 x 180mm.), Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1759 (2)MAGNIFICENT UNIFORM BLUE MOROCCO BINDINGS BY DEROME LE JEUNE, FROM THE ESTELLE DOHENY COLLECTION.Provenance: Robert Stayne Holford (1808-1892), pencil shelf marks; Estelle Doheny, book labels; her sale, Christie's, New York, 17-18 October 1988, lot 1232; Sotheby's, 13 July 2006, lot 326.