[MILTON, JOHN]. Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. London: Printed for J. F. Rivington, et al., M.DCC.XC. [1790].
THE NINTH EDITION, in two volumes, leather-bound, hardcover, octavo (20.5cm x 13cm), pp. [26], lxxxvi, [28], 510; [4], 463, [184] index. English text with notes from various authors by Thomas Newton. Handsomely bound in half calf gilt, marbled paper-covered boards, grey endpapers, portrait frontispieces, each of the twelve books with an engraved plate and divisional title, footnotes in double columns, rear index. Condition: VERY GOOD. Contents complete. Bindings tight and secure, the hinges and joints intact. Slight rubbing to covers. Interiors largely well-preserved with some light foxing and toning, a couple of leaves with old annotations and marginal stains. Armorial book plate to front pastedowns.
