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Paradise lost : a poem in twelve books

Title
Paradise lost : a poem in twelve books / the authour John Milton.
Author
Milton, John, 1608-1674.
Publication
London : Printed by Tho. Hodgkin, for Jacob Tonson ..., 1695.

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TextRestricted use *KC+ 1695 85-155aSchwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • Medina, John Baptist, Sir, 1659?-1710?
  • Lens, Bernard, 1659-1725.
  • Burghers, Michael, active 1676-1723.
  • Bouche, Peter Paul, approximately 1646-
Description
[4], 343 [i.e. 345], [3] p., [1], 12 leaves of plates : ill., port.; 31 cm. (fol.)
Note
  • Issued also as part of Tonson's 1695 collection comprising Paradise lost, Paradise regained and Samson Agonistes, Poems upon several occasions and Annotations upon Milton's Paradise lost (by Patrick Hume); usually with general t.p. reading: The poetical works of Mr. John Milton ... Cf. Coleridge, p. 274.
  • Does not include the "explanatory notes" referred to in edition statement, i.e. Hume's Annotations (issued separately or as part of the 1695 collection).
  • Signatures: [A]²B²C-2Y⁴.
  • Error in pagination: nos. 219-[220] repeated as 219-220.
  • Illustrations: Full-page engravings to each book by M. Burghers after J.B. Medina, except bk. 4: P.P. Bouche after Bernard Lens the elder; cf. Milton & English art / Marcia R. Pointon. 1970, p. 1-16. Frontispiece port. of Milton by R. White.
  • Includes index ("The table": [3] p. at end).
Indexed In (note)
  • Coleridge, K.A. Milton collection, Alexander Turnbull Library
  • Wing
Call Number
*KC+ 1695 85-155a
OCLC
NYPG85-B47165
Author
Milton, John, 1608-1674.
Title
Paradise lost : a poem in twelve books / the authour John Milton.
Imprint
London : Printed by Tho. Hodgkin, for Jacob Tonson ..., 1695.
Edition
The sixth edition, with sculptures, to which is added, explanatory notes upon each book and a table to the poem, never before printed.
Indexed In:
Coleridge, K.A. Milton collection, Alexander Turnbull Library, 214 (PL)
Wing M2151
Local Note
With: Paradise regain'd : a poem, in IV books ; to which is added, Samson Agonistes / the author, John Milton. London : Printed for R.E. and are to be sold by John Whitlock ..., MDCCXV [i.e. 1695]. Probably issued together; cf. above.
Provenance: Richard Triplett (Latin inscription); Joan Whitney (afterwards Payson) (bookplate).
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Added Author
Medina, John Baptist, Sir, 1659?-1710?
Lens, Bernard, 1659-1725.
Burghers, Michael, active 1676-1723.
Bouche, Peter Paul, approximately 1646-
Research Call Number
*KC+ 1695 85-155a
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