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Paradise lost : a poem in twelve books / the author John Milton.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PR3560 1770b
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Milton, John, 1608-1674.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adam (Biblical figure)--Poetry.
- Adam.
- Eve (Biblical figure)--Poetry.
- Eve.
- Eve (Biblical figure).
- Adam (Biblical figure).
- Fall of man--Poetry.
- Fall of man.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Advertisements -- England -- London -- 18th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Curran, Stuart A. (honoree)
- Wittreich, Joseph Anthony (donor)
- Mammatt, M. (autograph, 1809)
- Physical Description:
- lxxi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 319 pages, 29 unnumbered pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 18 cm (12mo)
- Fingerprint:
- heer 'sli e,lt WiOs (3) 1770 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for J. Beecroft, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington ... [and 23 others], MDCCLXX [1770]
- Notes:
- Signatures: A¹² b-c¹² B-P¹² Q⁶.
- Error in pagination: page 196 numbered 106.
- Typographical ornaments.
- "The life of Milton. By Dr. Newton.": P. iii-lxviii.
- Advertisement with small woodcut head-piece on leaves Q5v-Q6r.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Milton Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran.
- Penn Libraries copy has ms. inscription ("J.R.H.") at head of front free endpaper; autograph ("M. Mammatt Jany 27th 1809") at foot of title leaf.
- Cited in:
- ESTC T133911
- Wickenheiser, R.J. Collection of John Milton, p. 198 (no. 721)
- OCLC:
- 8610602
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