Paradise lost. A poem, in twelve books. The author John Milton. From the text of Thomas Newton D.D.

People / Organizations

• John Milton (Author)

Imprint

Birmingham: printed by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson in London, 1759.

Publication year

1759-1759

ESTC No.

T133905

Grub Street ID

182612

Description

[8],lxxii,416p. ; 4⁰

Note

There is no punctuation after Birmingham in the imprint.

Variant titlepage; in some copies there is a colon after "Birmingham" in the imprint.

"There are usually no plates, but occasionally a frontispiece (signed Miller) and set of twelve plates (signed Hayman and Miller) are found, .. They were supplied by Tonson, who distributed several versions of these designs" (Gaskell).

Pp. i-lxxii contain 'Life of Milton'.