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Paradise lost : a poem in twelve books / by John Milton ; with an introduction by John Wain ; and illustrations by Ian Pollock.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio PR3560.A1 W75 1991
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Milton, John, 1608-1674.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adam (Biblical figure)--Poetry.
- Adam.
- Adam (Biblical figure).
- Eve (Biblical figure)--Poetry.
- Eve.
- Eve (Biblical figure).
- Bible. Genesis--History of Biblical events--Poetry.
- Bible.
- Bible. Genesis.
- History of Biblical events.
- Fall of man--Poetry.
- Fall of man.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Penn Provenance:
- Curran, Stuart A. (honoree)
- Wittreich, Joseph Anthony (donor)
- Physical Description:
- xv, 304 pages, 18 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 36 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Folio Society, 1991.
- Notes:
- In slip case.
- "[T]he Cambridge University Press edition, edited by William Aldis Wright, and published in 1903."--T.p. verso.
- "First appearance of frontispiece illustration in color with seventeen additional illustrations in color by Ian Pollock (one each for Books II, III, V, VII, VIII, X, and XII; two each for Books I, IV, VI, IX, and XI)"--Wickenheiser.
- Local Notes:
- Milton Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran.
- Penn Libraries copy: slip case retained.
- Cited in:
- Wickenheiser, R.J. Collection of John Milton, p. 361 (no. 1497)
- OCLC:
- 26303425
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