Paradise lost / by John Milton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milton, John, 1608-1674.

Contributor:

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

Language:

English

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Gohn, Carrie M. (autograph) (Milton Collection copy)

Physical Description:

291 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; New York : Belford, Clarke & Co., [between 1879 and 1889]

Notes:

Imprint date range from publisher's history (Belford, Clarke & Co. traded in Chicago and New York under that name from 1879-1889).

Text within red-ruled border.

Binding: publisher's green cloth; left board has pattern of black spirals and small red dots and leaf-like shapes surrounding central rectangle containing two gilt chrysanthemums and black and green stems and leaves on a red background with winged horse in lower right corner and banderole with title above; spine similarly decorated with gold spirals and black-bordered red leaf-like shapes and gilt chrysanthemums with male figure playing pipes beneath gilt band containing title in green and black; publisher's name in green and black on gold banderole at foot of spine; yellow floral endpapers; all edges gilt.

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 has autograph ("Carrie M. Gohn") in pencil on front free endpaper.

OCLC:

463793299