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MILTON, John: Paradise Lost [London. Printed by S. Simmons next…
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17-Jun-2014
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MILTON, John: Paradise Lost [London. Printed by S. Simmons next door to the Golden Lion in Aldersgate-Street, 1678. 3rd Edition, revised and augmented by the author.] Good rebind in full leather; spine and title gilt, spine has 5 raised bands with lined gilt either side of raised bands. New end papers expertly fitted. 12 x 18 cm tall. 331pp. Pages evenly age browned, with some minor foxing in margins, however, the text is clear. At the beginning of the book are 2 pages of a summary of the poet Milton in Latin by a person identified only by the initials S.B. M.D., followed by 2 pages of a critique on 'Paradise Lost', and again the writer is only identified by the initials A. M. There then follows 2 pages of explanation of the style of verse, which is English Heroic Verse without Rhime.
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