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

Price: US$502.50 + 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).

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