Paradise Lost. A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. The Seventh Edition, With Notes of various Authors, By Thomas Newton. London: J. Beecroft et al., 1770, 8vo.
-------------------
A beautiful set of Newton’s edition of Milton’s Paradise Lost, finely illustrated with a full page plate for every book, and preserved in uniform contemporary bindings. A remarkable copy with fresh and clean text blocks, collated as complete with all of the plates.
-------------------
Size: 137 x 213 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[(2), frontis, A8, a-g8, h4, B-Z8, 2A-2K8, (2)]; [(2), A-Z8, 2A-2F8, 3A-3Z4, (2)]
Contemporary full calf bindings, rubbed, lacking tooled labels. Joints cracked but with all boards securely attached, bindings secure. Both volumes collate as complete including all plates. Generally bright and clean throughout the text blocks, internally near fine to fine.
An exceptional example of Newton’s Milton.
