Paradise lost [electronic resource] : A poem, in twelve books. The author John Milton. With the life of Milton. By Thomas Newton, D.D. [Eight lines from Thomson].
1777
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Paradise lost [electronic resource] : A poem, in twelve books. The author John Milton. With the life of Milton. By Thomas Newton, D.D. [Eight lines from Thomson].
Author
Milton, John, 1608-1674.
Alternate Title
Paradise regain'd.
Publication Details
Philadelphia : Printed by Robert Bell, in Third-Street, MDCCLXXVII. [1777]
Place of Publication or Printing
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Language
English
Description
2 v. : port. ; 8⁰.
Note
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.
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.
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Evans, 15443
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3582
English Short Title Catalog, W31084.
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3582
English Short Title Catalog, W31084.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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Newton, Thomas, 1704-1782.
Newton, Thomas, 1704-1782.
Norman, John, 1748?-1817, engraver.
Bell, Robert, 1732?-1784, printer.
Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise regained.
Newton, Thomas, 1704-1782.
Norman, John, 1748?-1817, engraver.
Bell, Robert, 1732?-1784, printer.
Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise regained.
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