The Tercentenary of Milton’s Birth: Inaugural Meeting at the Theatre, Burlington Gardens, Tuesday, December 8th, 1908 (the Eve of the Tercentenary). From the Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol. III. Slim centre-stiched 31-page booklet with card covers. Published by Oxford University Press for the British Academy. Undated, but presumably published in 1908 in time for the meeting. Contents: - Lines by George Meredith OM - Oration by Dr A W Ward, Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge; Fellow of the British Academy - Summary of Address on Milton and Music by Sir Frederick Bridge MVO MA MusD, Organist of Westminster Abbey; King Edward Professor of Music in the University of London The covers have approx 8 cm tears to top and bottom of fold, with a triangular loss at the bottom, as pictured. Pages are clean and free of inscriptions.