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John Milton

Le Paradis Perdu

Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, rue du Foin S. Jacques, no. 11

1792

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A finely bound, first edition set of Le Paradis Perdu.

  • Sold as a set of 2 volumes.
  • John Milton (English).
  • Prose translation by N.F. Dupré de Saint-Maur.
  • 12 figures engraved in color by Clement, Colibert, Denionchy and Gautier after Schall.
  • Paris: Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, rue du Foin S. Jacques, no. 11, 1792. 
  • Quartos.
  • Text in both English and French, verso English and recto French.
  • Bound in full straight-grain red morocco, newly rebacked in paneled red leather, two black labels with gilt lettering, boards with gilt roll along edges, board edges, and turn-ins, mint green endpapers.

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Lacking final blank leaf in volume 2.

Consistent foxing throughout.

Some plates with tissue-guards, some without.

 

Product is used.

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First Edition

Language

English, French

Subject

Fine bindings, Modern first editions, Illustrated, Poetry, Prose, English literature and history

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