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Milton, John; Paolo Antonio Rolli (Trans.) ; Voltaire. Il Paradiso Perduto . tradotto in nostra lingua, al quale si premettono Osservazioni sopra il libro del Signor Voltaire, che esamina l'Epica Poesia delle Nazioni Europee, scritte originalmente in Inglese, e in Londra stampate nel 1728. Alberto Tumermani, Verona, 1730.

Price: US$693.96 + shipping

Description: 20.5 x 13.5 cm., [viii], 432 pp. First complete translation into Italian of the poem Paradise Lost. With an essay on Epic Poetry by Voltaire (pp. 1 - 114). Also a life of Milton, Vita di Giovanni Milton (pp. 115 - 164). Some decorative initials and tail pieces. Full brown leather with gilt title and decoration on the spine. CONDITION. VG-. The pages are clean and tight. The upper cover is separated, and the lower hinge is cracking. The corners and ends of the spine are worn. Owner's name on title page, and a marginal note in a contemporary hand on p. 33.

Seller: Peter Rhodes, Southampton, United Kingdom