Paradise lost : a poem in twelve books / by John Milton ; with the life of the author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milton, John, 1608-1674.

Contributor:

Fenton, Elijah, 1683-1730.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eve (Biblical figure).

Adam (Biblical figure).

Bible. Genesis--History of Biblical events--Poetry.

Bible.

Adam (Biblical figure)--Poetry.

Adam.

Eve (Biblical figure)--Poetry.

Eve.

Bible. Genesis.

Fall of man--Poetry.

Fall of man.

History of Biblical events.

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Curran, Stuart A. (honoree)

Wittreich, Joseph Anthony (donor)

Gleason, S. (autograph)

Physical Description:

xii pages, 5 unnumbered pages, 18-360 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 14 cm

Manufacture:

[Baltimore, Md.] : J.D. Toy.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore [Md.] : Cushing and Jewitt, 1818.

Notes:

Frontispiece illustration (God's commendation of Abdiel) engraved by P. Maverick after J. Thurston, with imprint: Published by F. Lucas Jr. & I. Cushing.

Added engraved t.p. (with vignette illustration of Milton with a harp and quotation from Gray's Progress of poetry regarding Milton engraved by P. Maverick) with imprint: Baltimore Published by F. Lucas Jr. & I. Cushing. 1818.

"The life of John Milton." (signed: Elijah Fenton): P. [v]-xii.

Local Notes:

Milton Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran.

Penn Libraries copy has 2 autographs on front free endpaper, 1 in ink ("S. Gleason's") and 1 in pencil, largely illegible ("Sarah(?) ..."); a few ms. pencil marks in text.

Penn Libraries copy: p. 63-64 torn and mended at fore-edge.

Cited in:

Shaw & Shoemaker, 44853

Wickenheiser, R.J. Collection of John Milton, p. 238 (no. 855)

OCLC:

83818105