[MILTON, JOHN]. Paradise Lost. London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, n.d. [c.1890].
NEW EDITION; leather bound, hardcover, folio (42.5 x 31 x 6cm), pp. lxii, 329 + 50 full-page illustrations outside the pagination. English text, edited with notes and a life of Milton by Robert Vaughan. Exquisitely bound in contemporary full morocco gilt, all page edges gilt, marbled endpapers, title-page printed in red and black, illustrated with 50 designs by the renowned Gustave Doré, each plate with a captioned tissue-guard, footnotes throughout. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure with the hinges and joints perfectly intact. Covers very well-preserved with sight rubbing to points. Light foxing confined to preliminary leaves, else largely clean. Small armorial bookplate to front pastedown. A most exquisite large format example in a stunning binding.
Notes: A wonderful and scarce folio edition of John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost, including the incredible illustrations of Gustave Doré. Paradise Lost tells the story of Adam and Eve's fall from grace in the Garden of Eden, as well as Satan s rebellion against God. Doré's collection of 50 detailed and dramatic illustrations brings the characters and events of the poem to life, depicting angels, demons, and heavenly battles in vivid detail. The artwork is considered some of the most iconic and influential representations of the story ever produced.
