Paradise lost. A poem written in ten books by John Milton. Licensed and entred according to order

People / Organizations

• John Milton (Author)

Imprint

London : printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker under Creed Church neer Aldgate; and by Robert Boulter at the Turks Head in Bishopsgate-street; and Matthias Walker, under St. Dunstons Church in Fleet-street, 1667.

Publication year

1667

ESTC No.

R9505

Grub Street ID

129587

Description

[344] p. ; 4°.

Note

In verse

Printer's name from Shawcross

Signatures: pi]2] A-2T]4] 2V]2

The first leaf is blank

The earliest of six title-page states. In this state the line "By JOHN MILTON." is in the same size of type as the line below

Some copies have seven additional preliminary leaves, ]1A]4] (-A1) a]4. These were probably printed the following year and were either added by the original owners after their purchase of the text, or are present as later sophistications. For details on states of title page and preliminaries, see "The Library", ser. 4, XXII: 34-66.