Paradise lost. A poem in twelve books. The author John Milton. Printed from the first and second editions collated. The original system of orthography restored; the punctuation corrected and extended. With various readings: and notes; chiefly rhythmical. By Capel Lofft.

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  • Paradise lost. A poem in twelve books. The author John Milton. Printed from the first and second editions collated. The original system of orthography restored; the punctuation corrected and extended. With various readings: and notes; chiefly rhythmical. By Capel Lofft.
  • Paradise lost. Books 1-2
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Imprint
Bury St. Edmund's: printed and sold by J. Rackham. And sold also by J. Stockdale; J. Phillips; T. C. Rickman, London; W. Stevenson, Norwich; and W. H. Lunn, Cambridge, 1792.
Publication year
1792-1792
ESTC No.
T222299
Grub Street ID
245238
Description
[4],lix,[10],lix-lxii,[78]p. ; 4⁰
Note
A specimen containing the preface and text of Books I-II only.

A reissue of the specimen containing the preface and text of Book I only, with additional material, being the text of Book II.
Uncontrolled note
Pagination verified by MRu. Not in Alston. He does record this, but with a 1793 titlepage referring to "The first and second books of Paradise lost"