What is possibly the most complete collection of any one writer in Widener Library, according to Mr. W. C. Lane '81, librarian, is now on exhibition in the Treasure Room. The prose and poetical works of John Milton rank in the library with those of Dante in completeness and rarity, and practically all the manuscripts, volumes and facsimiles of Milton are included in the present exhibit.
Milton's political and theological pamphlets are especially rich in first editions, Anti--Episcopal treatises, and Pamphlets on the Revolution, including his famous "Areopagitica". There is also a facsimile of the second folio edition of Shakespeare's plays, published in 1932, containing Milton's "Epitaph on Shakespeare", his first production to appear in print.
Another item is an autograph album, belonging to a Neapolitan gentleman, in which Milton, while travelling in Italy, inscribed his name and the closing verses of "Cosmus".
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