Paradise lost. A poem in twelve books. The authour John Milton

People / Organizations

• Richard Bently ("printed for")
• John Milton (Author)

Imprint

London : printed by Miles Flesher, for Richard Bently, at the Post-Office in Russell-street, and Jacob Tonson at the Judge's-Head in Chancery-lane near Fleet-street, MDCLXXXVIII. [1688] The fourth edition, adorn'd with sculptures.; ..

Added name

Faithorne, William, 1616-1691, artist.; Burghers, Michael, 1647 or 1648-1727, engraver.; White, Robert, 1645-1703 1645-1703, engraver.; Bourch, P. P., engraver.

Publication year

1688

ESTC No.

R13313

Grub Street ID

61424

Description

[4], 219, [1], 219-250, 151-197, 298-343, [7] p., [13] leaves of plates : port. ; 2°.

Note

Frontispiece portrait of the author by William Faithorne (plate) signed: R White sculp:

Most of the illustrations are engraved by Michael Burghers or Peter Paul Bouche

Text is continuous despite pagination

The last 3 leaves bear a list of subscribers

One of three imprint variants of this edition

Identified as Wing (2nd ed.) M2148 on UMI microfilm set "Early English books, 1641-1700", reel 1816.