Paradise regained
John Milton (1608-1674)
Category
Books
Date
1772
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 3250222
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6],381,[3]p.,plates. 12mo. Acquired by the National Trust with other former Dyrham books in April 2022. Provenance: manuscript inscription in ink on front flyleaf 'G W Blathwayt' [likely = Rev. George William Blathwayt (1759-1806)] Binding: eighteenth-century tan sprinkled leather over boards; sewn on five raised bands; gold tooling to board edges; decorative gold tooling to spine; red leather spine label with 'Paradise Regain'd' lettered in gold and a double fillet border in gold.
Makers and roles
John Milton (1608-1674) Samuel Hartlib (d.1662)