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MILTON, John.

Paradise Lost.

Paradise Lost.

A Poem in Twelve Books.

Stock Code 117562

London, Printed for a Company of Stationers, 1739

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A sweet early edition of Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost, 'one of the greatest works of human imagination' retelling in blank-verse the story of the Fall of Man (ODNB).

Prefixed with a life of the poet by Elijah Fenton, and illustrated with 14 engraved plates after the first illustrated edition of 1688.

12mo (17 x 10.5 cm); 14 engraved plates, including frontispiece and 1 folding, title printed in red and black, woodcut initials, head and tailpieces; modern half calf, marbled paper, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine, very good; [5], viii-xvii, [9], 27-317, [43]pp.

ESTC T133921.

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