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The poetical works of John Milton : consisting of Paradise lost and regained, and Poems on several occasions / from the text of Doctor Newton ; with the life of the author.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PR3551 .N3 1796 copy 2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Milton, John, 1608-1674.
- Standardized Title:
- Poems. 1796.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Advertisements -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- 18th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Curran, Stuart A. (honoree) (Milton Collection copy)
- Wittreich, Joseph Anthony (donor) (Milton Collection copy)
- Library Company of Philadelphia (bookplate) (Milton Collection copy)
- Alury(?), Joseph (autograph, 1813) (Milton Collection copy)
- Delang(?), G. (autograph) (Milton Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xx pages, 21 unnumbered pages-373 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 16 cm
- Fingerprint:
- n.he ."of g.ed *DNo (3) 1796 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Printed by Joseph Bumstead for E. Larkin ..., 1796.
- Notes:
- The life of Milton is by Elijah Fenton.
- Signatures: [A]8 B-U8 W8 X-Y8 Z4 (horizontal chainlines).
- Bookseller's advertisement: P. [2]-[3] at end.
- Local Notes:
- Penn Libraries RBC copy imperfect: p. [i]-[iv] (half-title & title-page) wanting.
- Penn Libraries RBC copy closely trimmed; part of pagination cut away in places.
- Milton Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran.
- Penn Libraries Milton Collection copy has bookplate of The Library Company of Philadelphia with ms. purchase and duplicate notes on front pastedown; bookseller's ms. description laid in; autograph ("Jos. Alury[?] 1813") at head of title leaf; autograph ("G. Delang[?]") at head of leaf A2r; "Newton's" supplied in ms. beside caption title on leaf A2r.
- Penn Libraries Milton Collection copy has some ms. pencil marginal marks in text; wormhole in fore-edge margin of leaves L2-L3.
- Cited in:
- Evans 30799
- Wickenheiser, R.J. Collection of John Milton, p. 434 (no. 1791)
- OCLC:
- 3647815
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