{"product_id":"john-milton-paradise-lost-london-1763-121432","title":"Paradise Lost.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eA handsome two-volume edition of Milton's (1608-1674) epic poem \u003cem\u003eParadise\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLost\u003c\/em\u003e, 'one of the greatest works of human imagination' retelling in blank-verse the story of the Fall of Man. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Restoration interrupted Milton's composition of Paradise Lost, which assumed its final form in the years 1658-63. The remote beginnings of his epic can be seen in four drafts of a tragedy called 'Paradise Lost' (in the third draft) or 'Adam Unparadised' (in the fourth draft) which survive in the Trinity manuscript; these drafts seem to have been written about 1640. Edward Phillips claimed that he had been shown part of Satan's first soliloquy (Paradise Lost, book 5, ll. 32-41) 'several years before the poem was begun', when Milton still intended it to be a tragedy rather than an epic.\" (DNB)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSixth edition; 2 vols; 8vo (20.5 x 13.5 cm); engraved portrait frontispiece, 12 further engraved plates, text block slightly toned, occasional spotting (as usual with age) though very light, else very good; contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt spines in 6 compartments, contrasting red and black morocco lettering-pieces, slightly corroded with loss to vol. I, upper joint vol. II split but holding, very good; [cxiv], 510pp, 463pp.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MILTON, John; NEWTON, Thomas.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57443197813111,"sku":"121432","price":622.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/121432_01.jpg?v=1788800417","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/en-us\/products\/john-milton-paradise-lost-london-1763-121432","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}