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Paradise lost : A poem, in twelve books. The author John Milton. With the life of Milton. By Thomas Newton, D.D. [Eight lines from Thomson].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Milton, John, 1608-1674.
- Newton, Thomas, 1704-1782., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Milton, John, 1608-1674--Portraits.
- Milton, John.
- Genre:
- Poems -- 1777.
- Booksellers' advertisements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2 v. ) port. ;
- Other Title:
- Paradise lost
- Paradise regain'd.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Printed by Robert Bell, in Third-Street, MDCCLXXVII. [1777]
- Notes:
- The first American edition of Milton's poems.
- Half-title, v. 1: Paradise lost. A poem, in twelve books; v. 2: Paradise regain'd, Samson Agonistes, with The mask of Comus: and poems on several occasions.
- Title of v. 2 varies: Paradise regain'd. A poem, in four books. To which are added, Samson Agonistes: and poems on several occasions. The author John Milton. With the life of the author. By Thomas Newton. D.D.
- Book XII of Paradise lost appears in v. 2.
- Vol. 1: 328 p., [1] leaf of plates; v, 2: [11], 332-640 p.
- Frontispiece portrait of Milton engraved by John Norman.
- Bookseller's advertisement, v. 1, verso of half-title.
- Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 15443
- Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3582
- English Short Title Catalog, W31084.
- OCLC:
- 511202840
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