PARADISE LOST BY JOHN MILTON 1795 LEATHER BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED
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[MILTON, JOHN]. Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. With a Biographical and Critical Account of the Author and His Writings. London: Printed by A. Law, W. Miller, and R. Cater, MDCCXCV. [1795].
First edition thus. Leather-bound. Hardcover. Small octavo (180 x 105 x 25 mm). Pp. 299. Mis-numbering: p. xvi mis-numbered xiv. English text. Bound in contemporary full calf, smooth spine with morocco letter-piece. Initial and terminal blanks present. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and several full-page engravings. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure, the hinges intact. Some rubbing to extremities and boards. Interior very well-preserved with some faint browning. Without previous ownership markings.
Notes: ESTC note that the imprint is false; probably printed at York for Wilson, Spence and Mawman. 'The life of John Milton’ is by Elijah Fenton.