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Explanatory notes and remarks on Milton's Paradise lost / by J. Richardson, father and son ; with the life of the author and a discourse on the poem by J.R., Sen.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PR3562 .R5 1734
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost.
- Milton, John.
- Penn Provenance:
- Curran, Stuart A. (honoree)
- Wittreich, Joseph Anthony (donor)
- Hagen, Winston H. (Winston Henry), 1859-1918 (bookplate)
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered pages, clxxxii, 546 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 21 cm (8vo)
- Fingerprint:
- n;l, llx- 3.e- nyas (3) 1734 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for James, John, and Paul Knapton ..., MDCCXXXIV [1734]
- Notes:
- "Part (sig. B-2M) printed by William Bowyer; his records show 750 copies printed."--ESTC.
- Signatures: A⁸ a-k⁸ l⁴ B-2M⁸ 2O1.
- Leaf O1 unsigned.
- "Leaves A1, N8, O1 and S7 may be cancels."--ESTC.
- Engraved plate: portrait of Milton by Jonathan Richardson Senior.
- Woodcut head- and tail-pieces.
- Typographical ornaments.
- Errata at end of volume.
- Local Notes:
- Milton Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran.
- Penn Libraries copy: upper board detached; lower board and spine wanting.
- Penn Libraries copy has Winston H. Hagen's bookplate on front pastedown; a few ms. annotations, marginal marks, and underlines in pencil in text.
- Cited in:
- ESTC T135898
- NUC, CCCCXCIII, p. 231
- Lowndes, V, p. 2089
- OCLC:
- 7207395
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