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Paradise lost : A poem, in twelve books. / The author John Milton. ; With the life of Milton. By Thomas Newton, D.D. ; [Eight lines from Thomson].

Accession number
PML 17358-59
Creator
Milton, John, 1608-1674.
Published
Philadelphia: : Printed by Robert Bell, in Third-Street., 1777.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Notes
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.
The first American edition of Milton's poems.
Description
2 v. : port. ; 20 cm.
Provenance
Pierpont Morgan.
Binding
Original sheep.
Classification
Department