Paradise Lost; A Poem: In Twelve Books. By John Milton. A New Edition: With an Abridgment of the Copious and Learned Notes Collected by Bishop Newton; Together with Additions, and a Life of the Author, by the Rev. John Evans, A.M. In Two Volumes. Illustrated by Engravings. Albion Press: Printed and Published by James Cundee, Ivy-Lane, Paternoster-Row. 1804, 8vo, a.e.g.
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Though not a particularly important edition of Milton's Paradise Lost - though it is a fairly early edition of it, this two volume set is special for having two beautiful fore-edge paintings depicting natural landscapes in bright colours and really surprise one upon opening them. When we acquired this set we didn't know that there were fore-edge paintings, and so we were quite surprised when we came across the paintings as they are bright and particularly beautiful!
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Provenance:
Bookplate inscribed "School Library E IV No. 15" in volume one and "School Library E IV No. 16" in volume two.
And
Pen inscription "Class No 821/Milton" in volume one and "Class No 821/Milton" in volume two.
Size: 123 x 190 mm (approx., each)
Condition:
[frontis, i-xxxii, engraved half title, pp.1-219]; [frontis, title, 1pp., pp.223-500]
Spines scuffed and rubbed. White pen inscriptions on spines. Lacking tooled labels. Both boards of volume one loosely attached with cracked joints and hinges; front board partially detached. Front board of volume two detached with ffep, and rear board mostly detached and only attached at a small single point. Boards scuffed and rubbed. Shelf and edge wear. Foredge paintings on the side page edges on both volumes. Top page edge of volume one coloured green, blue, and red. Minor dulling to page edge gilt. Bookplate attached to front pastedown in both volumes. Pen inscription to the top of the ffep in both volumes. Pencil inscription to two facing preliminary pages in volume one and on single preliminary page in volume two. Frontispieces and title pages foxed with frontispieces transferred onto the title pages. Text block lightly toned and with minor foxing. Plates with minor foxing. Very thin and small line of colour to first few leaves in volume two (see photos).
[OCLC: 1046397778].
