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Paradise lost, in twelve books : together with Paradise regain'd, in four books / the author John Milton.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PR3560 1724 copy 3
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Milton, John, 1608-1674.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Samson (Biblical judge).
- Eve (Biblical figure).
- Adam (Biblical figure).
- Bible. Genesis--History of Biblical events--Poetry--Early works to 1800.
- Bible.
- Adam (Biblical figure)--Poetry--Early works to 1800.
- Adam.
- Eve (Biblical figure)--Poetry--Early works to 1800.
- Eve.
- Samson (Biblical judge)--Drama.
- Samson.
- Bible. Genesis.
- Fall of man--Poetry--Early works to 1800.
- Fall of man.
- History of Biblical events.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Drama.
- Penn Provenance:
- Elias, Archibald C. (donor) (RBC copy 1 & 2)
- Curran, Stuart A. (honoree) (Milton Collection copy)
- Wittreich, Joseph Anthony (donor) (Milton Collection copy)
- Waddington, Margaret (autograph) (Milton Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 10 unnumbered pages, 315 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 61 pages, 25 unnumbered pages, 11 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 17 cm (8vo)
- Other Title:
- Paradise lost : a poem, in twelve books
- Paradise regain'd : a poem, in four books
- Fingerprint:
- n-es ckls s,l. ByHe (3) 1724 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin : Printed by and for George Grierson ..., 1724.
- Notes:
- General title leaf printed in red and black.
- The verso of the general title leaf is blank; a variant has an advertisement printed on the verso. Cf. Coleridge.
- Paradise lost has special dated title leaf (leaf A1r) with edition statement which reads: Paradise lost. A poem, in twelve books. The author John Milton. The eleventh edition, adorn'd with sculptures. Dublin: Printed by and for George Grierson, at the Two Bibles in Essex-Street, 1724.
- Paradise regained has special dated title leaf (leaf X4r) with edition statement and woodcut ornament which reads: Paradise regain'd. A poem, in four books. The author John Milton. The seventh edition. Dublin: Printed by and for George Grierson, at the Two Bibles in Essex-Street, 1724.
- Signatures: A-T⁸ U⁸(±U2) X-2A⁸ 2B-2D⁴ 2E².
- A variant: leaf Z1 signed "Y"; leaf 2B3 signed "R 3".
- The same setting of type was also printed using a 12mo imposition. Cf. Coleridge.
- Press figures: three asterisks in a triangle on leaf 2A1v; "[double dagger] [left square bracket]" on leaf 2C4.
- Woodcut initials, factotums, head- and tail-pieces.
- Includes commendatory poems by Samuel Barrow in Latin and by Andrew Marvell in English.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- RBC copy 1 imperfect: general title leaf wanting.
- RBC copy 2 imperfect: general title leaf wanting.
- RBC copy 2 bound with: Milton, John. Samson Agonistes. Dublin : Printed by and for George Frierson, at the Two Bibles in Essex-Street, 1748. (Item 1 of 2)
- Milton Collection copy imperfect: general title leaf wanting; plates wanting. Title leaf of Paradise regained wanting, with a copy of the title leaf of Grierson's 1749 edition of that work bound in its place.
- Milton Collection copy bound with: Milton, John. The poetical works of John Milton. Dublin : Printed by George Grierson, 1749.
- Milton Collection copy is variant in which leaf Z1 is signed "Y" and leaf 2B3 "R 3".
- Milton Collection copy has modern ms. bibliographical notes in pencil on verso of front free endpaper and recto of following leaf.
- Milton Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran.
- Milton Collection copy has autograph of Margaret Waddington on blank leaf following front free endpaper.
- Milton Collection copy bound in half blind-tooled calf over brown cloth; 4 raised, gold-tooled bands on spine; evidence of spine label ("MILTON'S PARADISE LOST"); blue endpapers; all edges stippled red.
- Milton Collection copy: spine damaged.
- Cited in:
- ESTC T170547
- Coleridge, K.A. Descriptive catalogue of the Milton Collection in the Alexander Turnbull Library, no. 174
- Wickenheiser, R.J. Collection of John Milton, no. 619
- OCLC:
- 7970118
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