Milton, John

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

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Description

Paradise Lost. A Poem in Ten Books. London: Printed by S. Simmons, and to be sold by S. Thomson, H. Mortlack, M. Walker, and R. Boulter, 1668
Paper, Ink, Leather

4to (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.; 184 x 133 mm). Amory's issue no. 2 (traditional fourth title, with Milton's name spelled out and the correct imprint), the title and text within box rules, a reissue of sheets *A4, a4 added, containing Milton's argument for Books I-X, the defense of blank verse, and the errata; scattered soiling, title gutter reinforced, minor losses to upper margin of H1 and lower margin of I4 not affecting text. Nineteenth-century paneled sheep, extremities rubbed, rebacked.

Provenance

William Harrison (bookplate) — Wynne E. Baxter (bookplate)

Literature

Wing M2139; Amory 2; Pforzheimer 716

Catalogue Note

First edition, with Amory's second issue of the title-page.