Paradise lost. A poem, in twelve books. The author John Milton. A new edition, with notes of various authors, by Thomas Newton, D.D. Volume the

People / Organizations

• John Milton (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand, MDCCXLIX. [1749]

Added name

Draper, Somerset, bookseller.; Newton, Thomas, 1704-1782, editor.; Vertue, George, 1684-1756, engraver.; Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776, artist.; Ravenet, Simon Fran,cois, 1706-1774, engraver.; Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, engraver.; Newton, Thomas, 1704-1782. Life of Milton.; Marvell, Andrew, 1621-1678. On Paradise lost.; Barrow, Samuel, 1625?-1683. In paradisum amissam summi poetae Johannis Miltoni.; Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719. Critique upon the Paradise lost. ; J. and R. Tonson, bookseller.

Publication year

1749

ESTC No.

T133934

Grub Street ID

182640

Description

2 v. : ill., ports. ; 4°.

Note

Imprint to vol.2: London: printed in the year MDCCXLIX

With a list of subscribers

Includes 'The life of Milton' by Thomas Newton and poems by Andrew Marvell and Samuel Barrow

'A critique upon the Paradise lost' is by Joseph Addison

Engraved frontispiece portrait in each volume signed "G. Vertue sculp. 1747"

Engraved illustrations are signed by the artist, F. Hayman, and the engravers, S.F. Ravenet or C. Grignion

Engraved head-piece; engraved initial

Includes index at end of vol. 2

Errata on p. 444 of vol. 2

Pagination: vol. 1 [18], lxi, [5], 16, [12], 459, [1] p., [7] leaves of plates ; vol.2: 444, [132] p., [7] leaves of plates

Signatures: A]4] a-l]4] m-p]2] B-3M]4] 3N]2; A-3I]4] 3K]2] *3A-*4K]2.