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Areopagitica : a speech to the Parliament of England, for the liberty of unlicensed printing

Print Book, English, 1819
Printed for R. Hunter, successor to Mr. Johnson ... and Richard Steevens ..., London, 1819
Advertisements England London 19th century
3 preliminary leaves, cxlix pages, 1 leaf, 311, [1] pages ; 22 cm
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Prefatory remarks, by the present editor
Thomson's Preface
Cursory observations, by the present editor, on the invention of printing
Preface to the edition in 1772
A list of the editions of the Areopagitica known to the editor, which have been published separately from Milton's prose works
Commendatory testimonies
Glossarial index
Argument of Milton's Areopagitica
Areopagitica, a speech of Mr. John Milton, &c
Excursive illustrations
Sur la liberté de la presse, imité de l'anglois de Milton, par le Comte de Mirabeau
Copy imperfect: apparently one preliminary leaf wanting; cf. National Union Catalog, pre-1956 imprints, v. 385, p. 341, col. 2
Includes type facsimiles of title-pages of the London, 1644 edition of the Areopagitica, and of Mirabeau's Sur la liberté de la presse, London, 1788
Includes advertisement, p. [312]