Paradise lost. : A poem in twelve books. The authour John Milton.
1688
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Paradise lost. : A poem in twelve books. The authour John Milton.
Edition
The fourth edition, adorn'd with sculptures.
Created/published
London : Printed by Miles Flesher, for Jacob Tonson, at the Judge's-Head in Chancery-lane near Fleet-street, MDCLXXXVIII. [1688]
Description
[4], 219, [1], 219-250, 151-196, 297-343, [7] p., [13] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; (fol.)
Associated name
Milton, John, 1608-1674, author.
Bouche, Peter Paul, approximately 1646- printmaker.
Burghers, Michael, 1647 or 1648-1727, printmaker.
White, Robert, 1645-1703, printmaker.
Dobell, Percy John, 1871-1956, former owner.
Bouche, Peter Paul, approximately 1646- printmaker.
Burghers, Michael, 1647 or 1648-1727, printmaker.
White, Robert, 1645-1703, printmaker.
Dobell, Percy John, 1871-1956, former owner.
Note
In verse.
Frontis. portrait (plate) of the author signed: R. White sculp:
Some plates signed by M. Burghers and Peter Paul Bouche.
Text is continuous despite pagination.
One of three imprint variants of this edition.
Frontis. portrait (plate) of the author signed: R. White sculp:
Some plates signed by M. Burghers and Peter Paul Bouche.
Text is continuous despite pagination.
One of three imprint variants of this edition.
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), M2147
Coleridge, K.A. Catalogue of the Milton collection in the Turnbull Library, 93b
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 720
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R15589
Coleridge, K.A. Catalogue of the Milton collection in the Turnbull Library, 93b
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 720
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R15589
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Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
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M2147
Folger-specific note
Dobell. Marbled edges. Provenance: signed "J. Tyrwhitt" (possibly Sir John Tyrwhitt, 5th Bart. (?1663-1741) of Stainfield, Lincs., Whig M.P. for Lincoln, 1715 and 1728); from the John Dryden Collection formed by Percy J. Dobell, Esq. ; bookplate, signature (dated 1924) and brief MS notes of John Drinkwater; bookseller's quote tipped in