Paradise lost. A poem, in twelve books. The author John Milton. From the text of Thomas Newton, D.D.
John Milton (1608-1674)
Category
Books
Date
1760
Materials
Place of origin
Birmingham
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3018039
Summary
Bibliographic description
[32],lxxii,[2],416p. ; 8vo. Price note in pencil: 18 fr 18-24 fr [?]. Unidentified pencil annotation at rear. Provenance small printed book label: Mr. Peyerimhoff. Nineteenth-century crest bookplate, with motto “Quod adest”: Henry P. Marsham. Inscribed on titlepage: Henry P. Marsham. Lausanne, Switzerland, Janry 21st 59." Binding: eighteenth-century tree calf; Greek key and floral gilt roll borders; gilt tooled spine; all edges gilt; red and green spine labels. Uniform with Baskerville's 'Paradise regain'd' (1760).
Makers and roles
John Milton (1608-1674) Thomas Newton (1704-1782), Bishop of Bristol John Baskerville (1706-1775), printer