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Le paradis perdu de Milton : poëme héroïque / traduit de l'anglois ; avec les remarques de M. Addisson.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PR3561.F8 D87 1781
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Milton, John, 1608-1674.
- Standardized Title:
- Paradise lost. French
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Eve (Biblical figure).
- Adam (Biblical figure).
- Bible. Genesis--History of Biblical events--Poetry.
- Bible.
- Adam (Biblical figure)--Poetry.
- Adam.
- Eve (Biblical figure)--Poetry.
- Eve.
- Bible. Genesis.
- Fall of man--Poetry.
- Fall of man.
- History of Biblical events.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Penn Provenance:
- Curran, Stuart A. (honoree) (Milton Collection copy)
- Wittreich, Joseph Anthony (donor) (Milton Collection copy)
- Marty, L. (former owner) (inscription) (Milton Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 80, 375 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 107 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 18 cm (12mo)
- Edition:
- Nouvelle édition, augmentée du Paradis reconquis & de quelques autres pieces de poésie du même auteur.
- Fingerprint:
- s.ou s-e. n.e. geun (3) 1781 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- A Lyon : Chez J.M. Barret, imprimeur-libraire, MDCCLXXXI [1781]
- Notes:
- "Milton's poems here are rendered into French prose: P[aradise] L[ost] the prose translation by Nicholas Dupré de St. Maur, revised by C.J. Chéron de Boismorand ... ; the prose translation of P[aradise] R[egained] and other poems by Père de Mareuil"--Wickenheiser.
- Signatures: a-c¹² d⁴ A-V¹² X².
- Woodcut title vignette, initials, head- and tail-pieces.
- 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 early ms. ownership inscription ("ex libris L Marty e loco Montréal") on verso of front free endpaper.
- Milton Collection copy bound in early full sprinkled calf; 5 raised, gold-tooled bands on spine; gold-tooled spine panels; title ("PARADIS PERDU") stamped in gold on spine; gold-tooled cover edges; marbled endpapers; all edges marbled; green silk marker.
- Cited in:
- Wickenheiser, R.J. Collection of John Milton, no. 750
- Contains:
- Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise regained. French
- OCLC:
- 13588204
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