Milton's Paradise lost / illustrated with texts of Scripture by John Gillies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milton, John, 1608-1674.

Contributor:

Gillies, John, 1712-1796.

Fenton, Elijah, 1683-1730.

B. White and Son, bookseller.

Stuart Curran-Joseph Wittreich Milton Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Paradise lost

Language:

English

Penn Provenance:

Curran, Stuart A. (honoree)

Wittreich, Joseph Anthony (donor)

Govan, James, Jr. (autograph) (copy 2)

Physical Description:

xxxi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 378 pages, 22 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm (12mo)

Edition:

The second edition, with additions.

Fingerprint:

T.TE 0.i, ndhe brla (3) 1793 (R)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for B. White and Son [and 23 others], MDCCXCIII [1793]

Notes:

Signatures: A⁴ a¹² B-R¹² S⁸.

"The final eleven leaves contain 'Allusions to the classics' and the index."--ESTC.

"The life of Mr. John Milton" (signed: Elijah Fenton): P. [ix]-xxii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Milton Collection copies 1 and 2 presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran.

Penn Libraries copy 2: bottom portion of title leaf (including edition statement and imprint) torn off and wanting; edition statement supplied in ms. in pencil on title leaf; imprint information supplied in pencil in ms. on front pastedown.

Penn Libraries copy 2 has autograph of James Govan, Jr., at head of leaves A2r and B2r; ms. inscriptions in pencil on back free endpaper and back pastedown.

Cited in:

ESTC T133891

BLC, V. 222, p. 249

Wickenheiser, R.J. Collection of John Milton, p. 215 (no. 778)

OCLC:

13280067