Emily Carr

On Line Exhibition

Object Name: Book

Object Type: Poetry

Accession Number: CH1985.2.1

Physical Description: One book of poetry - Paradise Lost A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton. Hard bound with brown/green leather (?) cover. Gilt embossed owl on front. Title, author and publisher printed in gilt on spine. Tree motif at top of spine. Top page edges guilded. Published by J.M. Dent and Co., Aldine House, London. 372 pages. Inscribed on first inside page - "EMILY CARR FROM ..." Rest of page ron. Guilding on edges worn.

History of Use: Belonged to Emily Carr

Publisher: J.M. Dent and Co., Aldine House

Author: Milton, John

Institution: Carr House

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Last updated: 09 July 1997
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