Paradise lost. A poem in twelve books. The author John Milton. Printed from the first and second editions collated. The original system of orthography restored; the punctuation corrected and extended. With various readings: and notes; chiefly rhythmical. By Capel Lofft.

All titles

• Paradise lost. A poem in twelve books. The author John Milton. Printed from the first and second editions collated. The original system of orthography restored; the punctuation corrected and extended. With various readings: and notes; chiefly rhythmical. By Capel Lofft.
• Paradise lost. Books 1-2

People / Organizations

• John Milton (Author)

Imprint

Bury St. Edmund's: printed and sold by J. Rackham. And sold also by J. Stockdale; J. Phillips; T. C. Rickman, London; W. Stevenson, Norwich; and W. H. Lunn, Cambridge, 1792.

Publication year

1792-1792

ESTC No.

T222299

Grub Street ID

245238

Description

[4],lix,[10],lix-lxii,[78]p. ; 4⁰

Note

A specimen containing the preface and text of Books I-II only.

A reissue of the specimen containing the preface and text of Book I only, with additional material, being the text of Book II.

Uncontrolled note

Pagination verified by MRu. Not in Alston. He does record this, but with a 1793 titlepage referring to "The first and second books of Paradise lost"