Paradise lost. A poem, in twelve books. The author John Milton. With the life of Milton. By Thomas Newton, D.D. [Eight lines from Thomson]
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- Paradise lost. A poem, in twelve books. The author John Milton. With the life of Milton. By Thomas Newton, D.D. [Eight lines from Thomson]
- Paradise regain'd.
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Philadelphia: Printed by Robert Bell, in Third-Street, MDCCLXXVII. [1777]
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- 1777-1777
- ESTC No.
- W31084
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- 341472
- Description
- 2 v. : port. ; 8⁰
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- The first American edition of Milton's poems.
Half-title, v. 1: Paradise lost. A poem, in twelve books; v. 2: Paradise regain'd, Samson Agonistes, with The mask of Comus: and poems on several occasions.
Title of v. 2 varies: Paradise regain'd. A poem, in four books. To which are added, Samson Agonistes: and poems on several occasions. The author John Milton. With the life of the author. By Thomas Newton. D.D.
Book XII of Paradise lost appears in v. 2.
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- Signatures: v. 1, [A]? B-2U?; v. 2, chi? 2X-2Z? 3A-3Z? chi? 4A-5A?