Lot 45
  • 45

Milton, John.

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description

  • Paradise Lost. A Poem In Twelve Books... The Fourth Edition, Adorn'd with Sculptures. Miles Flesher for Richard Bently... and Jacob Tonson, 1688; [bound with:] Paradise Regain'd... to which is added Samson Agonistes. R.E. ...to be sold by Randal Taylor, 1688;
folio, full dark blue morocco gilt



first folio and first illustrated edition of "paradise lost".

Provenance

Cremorne, bookplate

Literature

Coleridge 93c and 170

Condition

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