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Milton's Paradise lost, or, The fall of man : with historical, philosophical, critical, and explanatory notes / from the learned Raymond de St. Maur ; wherein the technical terms in the arts and sciences are explained, the original signification of the names of men, cities, animals, &c. and from what language derived, render'd easy and intelligible ; also the mythological fables of the heathens, wherever referr'd to, historically related, difficult passages cleared of their obscurity, and the whole reduced to the standard of the English idiom ; in twelve books ; embellished with fourteen copper plates.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection RBC 2026 37
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dupré de Saint-Maur, Nicolas-François, 1695-1774, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Paradis perdu de Milton. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Adam (Biblical figure)--Early works to 1800.
- Adam.
- Eve (Biblical figure)--Early works to 1800.
- Eve.
- Bible. Genesis--History of Biblical events--Early works to 1800.
- Bible.
- Fall of man--Early works to 1800.
- Fall of man.
- Physical Description:
- 430, [18] pages, [14] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm (8vo)
- Other Title:
- Paradise lost
- Fall of man
- Fingerprint:
- adat ndhe hoes OrKn (3) 1767 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed and sold by J. Bedford, at the Crown, in St. Paul's Church Yard, and C. Sympson, in Stone-Cutter-Street, Fleet-Market, MDCCLXVII [1767]
- Notes:
- "In fact by Nicolas François Dupré de Saint-Maur. Translated and paraphrased by George Smith Green. This prose version was originally published in French as 'Paradis perdu de Milton'."--English short title catalogue.
- Signatures: A-3K⁴.
- Engraved illustrations (plates).
- Woodcut factotums, head- and tail-pieces.
- Title in red and black.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center RBC 2026 37 imperfect: 12 plates only (plate captioned "Our First Parents cast out of Paradise. Gen. 3" and plate captioned "Book X." wanting). Presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran, 2022. Dated 19th-century manuscript ownership inscriptions ("John Hoggarth Book Bilsdale March 1st. 1858." and "John Hoggarth Book Book Bilsdale 1862"), the former in blue ink and the latter in brown ink, of John Hoggarth (1804-1877) of Studfast Hill, Bilsdale, North Yorkshire, England, on blank leaf following front free endpaper; manuscript inscription ("sheep John Hoggart Studfast Hill") in pencil of the same person on verso of title leaf.
- Cited in:
- English short title catalogue, T134627
- OCLC:
- 316757885
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