Paradise regain'd : a poem in four books : to which is added Samson Agonistes and Poems upon several occasions, with A tractate of education / the author John Milton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milton, John, 1608-1674.

Contributor:

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

Standardized Title:

Paradise regained

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Latin

Penn Provenance:

Curran, Stuart A. (honoree) (Milton Collection copy)

Wittreich, Joseph Anthony (donor) (Milton Collection copy)

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages, 315 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 18 cm (12mo)

Edition:

A new edition corrected.

Fingerprint:

4948 'dn. mere ThAn (3) 1755 (R)

Place of Publication:

Glasgow : Printed by R. Urie for J. Wood, bookseller in Edinburgh, MDCCLV [1755]

Notes:

Signatures: pi² A-2C⁶ 2D².

Engraved frontispiece plate (portrait).

Local Notes:

Milton Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran.

Milton Collection copy imperfect: plate (frontispiece portrait) wanting.

Milton Collection copy has a few ms. marginal marks in pencil in text; early ms. letter ("H") in brown ink at head of front pastedown; early ms. shelf-mark(?) ("No 35" over "871") followed by early ms. note on the text in brown ink on front free endpaper.

Milton Collection copy bound in full early calf; blind-tooled cover edges; 5 raised bands on spine; gold-tooled spine panels; modern gold-stamped red morocco spine label ("PARADISE REGAIN'D").

Milton Collection copy: left board detached.

Cited in:

ESTC T134238

Wickenheiser, R.J. Collection of John Milton, no. 1559

Contains:

Milton, John, 1608-1674. Samson Agonistes.

Milton, John, 1608-1674. Poems. Selections

Milton, John, 1608-1674. Tractate of education.

OCLC:

63913432