By John Milton
London   Jacob Tonson
8" by 5" [6], 504pp
An early edition of John Milton's sequel to 'Paradise Lost', a biblical blank verse poem illustrated with a frontispiece.
By John Milton

1727 Paradise Regain'd: A Poem. In Four Books. To Which is Added Samson Agonistes; and Poems Upon Several Occasions. With a Tractate of Education

London   Jacob Tonson
8" by 5" [6], 504pp
An early edition of John Milton's sequel to 'Paradise Lost', a biblical blank verse poem illustrated with a frontispiece.
£90.00
: 0.75kgs / : 867P49

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Description

Early Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding

The seventh edition.

ESTC citation number T133514.

John Milton's sequel to his epic blank verse poem on the Fall of Man.

This sequel, 'Paradise Regain'd', is likewise a blank verse poem, though is much shorter than its predecessor, being described as a brief epic.

Illustrated with a frontispiece.

This seventh edition also includes 'Samson Agonistes' and a selection of Milton's poetry.

Written by John Milton, a seventeenth century English poet, who is best known for 'Paradise Lost'. He wrote during a period of political upheaval and religious flux in England with the English Civil War.

Condition

In a full calf binding. Externally, lacking the front board. Loss of leather to the head and tail of the spine. Crack to the rear joint. Minor bumping to the extremities. Rear board and spine are rubbed. Patch of worming from the front endpaper to page 24, and from page 501 to the rear paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Leaf B2 is detached but present.

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