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Milton, John. Paradise Lost. A Poem, in Twelve Books. Printed by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson, London, 1759.

Price: US$240.53 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 4to. Pp lxxii, 416. Portrait frontis. Full calf, raised bands, spine gilt. Spine and corners worn. Front board holding on its cords. Foxing and browning through to Pp lxvii and towards the end of the volume.

Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom

Milton, John.. Paradise Lost. A Poem in twelve books.. Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville For J. and R. Tonson in London, 1759., 1759.

Price: US$289.00 + shipping

Description: Lederband der Zeit, Gr.-.-8°, 416 Seiten Einband an Ecken und Kanten bestossen, leicht angestaubt. Exlinris, Rücken seitlich gelpatzt, Rückdeckel abgebrochen. Sonst in guten Zustand.

Seller: Antiquariat Hans Hammerstein OHG, München, Germany

Milton, John (1608-1674). Paradise lost. : A poem, in twelve books. / The author John Milton. From the text of Thomas Newton. Birmingham : Printed by J. Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson in London, 1759.

Price: US$361.25 + shipping

Description: Poor copy bound in in the original leather binding, boards present but detached. Wear and tear as with age. Text remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; 416 pages. Notes; A Baskerville imprint. Subjects; Milton, John 1608-1674). 17th century Texts. Paradise Lost. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Milton, John (1608-1674). Paradise lost. : A poem, in twelve books. / The author John Milton. From the text of Thomas Newton. Birmingham : Printed by J. Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson in London, 1759.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Description: Poor copy bound in in the original leather binding, boards present but detached. Wear and tear as with age. Text remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; 416 pages. Notes; A Baskerville imprint. Subjects; Milton, John 1608-1674). 17th century Texts. Paradise Lost. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Milton, John. Paradise Lost (containing Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes & Poems upon Several Occasions). J and R Tonson, London, 1759.

Price: US$507.07 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 2 vols, (viii) lxxii 416: 390 [2]pp, this copy has the variant title to volume one (colon after Birmingham) and the title of volume two is in the first state (ie careless overprint - see ESTC), engraved portrait frontispiece to vol 1, full calf, handsomely rebacked, corners repaired, heavily gilt decorated spine, covers slighty worn, paper slightly toned with light foxing (heavier at the start and end of volume 1), contents leaf bound at the rear of volume 2 rather than the start, printed by John Baskerville in Birmingham, bookplates (Thomas Edward Dicey), 4to (17.5x23.5cm), ESTC T133905/T134634. "There are usually no plates, but occasionally a frontispiece (signed Miller) and set of twelve plates (signed Hayman and Miller) are found, . They were supplied by Tonson, who distributed several versions of these designs" (Gaskell).

Seller: Flora Books, Mears Ashby, United Kingdom

Milton, John. Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. From the Text of Thomas Newton D.D. [WITH] Paradise Regain'd. A Poem, In Four Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes: and Poems Upon Several Occasions. The Author John Milton. From the Text of Thomas Newton, D.D.. Printed by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson in London, Birmingham, 1759.

Price: US$5000.00 + shipping

Description: Second Baskerville quarto edition, title page of Paradise Regain'd in first, canceled, state, with "PSON" erased and "SON" overprinted. Frontispiece portrait engraved by J. Miller, life of Milton, [vii: title, half-title, In Paradisum Amissam by Samuel Barrow, and On Paradise Lost by Andrew Marvel], 416 pp.; 1-2, Life of Milton [lxxii], 3-390, [2] pp.; half-titles for SA, Poems, Poemata. 2 vols. Small 4to. In elaborate near-contemporary binding. "Largest paper edition of Baskerville's Milton," (Howe's, Cat. 240, #188, 1988). The best obtainable Baskerville edition. ESTC T133905, T134634; Gaskell 6, 7; Wickenheiser 697, 698; Colridge 122, 202; Kohler 36, 197 Near-contemporary straight-grained red morocco, with elaborate gilt spines and covers, with peony and other floral motifs, wheat, acorns, and harp motifs, with gilt dentelles, aeg, with one small hole near the top of the spine of volume 1; fine, with 18th-century ownership signature [B. Beresford] Frontispiece portrait engraved by J. Miller, life of Milton, [vii: title, half-title, In Paradisum Amissam by Samuel Barrow, and On Paradise Lost by Andrew Marvel], 416 pp.; 1-2, Life of Milton [lxxii], 3-390, [2] pp.; half-titles for SA, Poems, Poemata. 2 vols. Small 4to Second Baskerville quarto edition, title page of Paradise Regain'd in first, canceled, state, with "PSON" erased and "SON" overprinted.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.