Paradise lost. . A poem in twelve books. The authour John Milton.
John Milton (1608-1674)
Category
Books
Date
1688
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3114414
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],219,[1],219-250,151-197,298-343,[7]p., [13] leaves of plates . ill.., port.. . fol.. Provenance: Inscription on front endpaper: 'Lady Curzons booke 72' [i.e. Sarah Penn (1655-1728), m.1671 Sir Nathaniel Curzon (1635-1719), 2nd Baronet]. Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signed 'P. Mazell': 'Recte et Suaviter' [Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear]. Binding: Seventeenth-century full sprinkled calf, 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered on spine label 'Milton's Paradise lost'.
Makers and roles
John Milton (1608-1674) Peter Paul Bouche (b.c.1646 - fl.1697) Michael Burghers (Amsterdam 1653-1727) Robert White (London 1645 - London 1703)