Paradise lost. A poem in ten books. The author John Milton.

In verse.

Signatures: A⁴ a⁴ ²A⁴ B-2T⁴ 2V².

The fourth state of the title page.

A reissue of the first edition, with cancel title page and added quires ¹A-a⁴. For details on states of title page and preliminaries see "The Library", ser. 4, XXII: 34-66.

¹A2r is in two states: with "The printer to the reader" in (1) six or (2) four lines.

Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), M2139

Shawcross, J. Milton, 299

English short title catalogue, R13407

Coleridge, K.A. Milton , 90d

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms, 1976. 1 microfilm reel ; 35mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 609:6).

Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy 1. Copy specific details available on request from Curator, Special Printed Collections. Binding: brown goatskin, spine, edges and turn-ins gold tooled, gilt text edges; binder's stamp on upper pastedown: Bound by J. Clarke. Provenance: inscription on recto of first prelim. leaf; oval armorial bookplate in gold on upper pastedown, with motto: Nec temere, nec timide. Acc. 401414.

Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy 2. Additional copy specific details available on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing. Binding: mottled polished calf, gold tooled with double fillets, decorated roll tool and fleuron in each corner; marbled endpapers. Binder's stamp on flyleaf "Bound by Hayday & Co". Provenance: bookplate has been removed from flyleaf; inscriptions in brown ink on t.p. "S Salter Blowers" and "John Saffin" (partly erased); inscription in brown ink on leaves D1v nd Y4v "John Saffin"; purchased by the ATL from G. William Stuart Jr. in 1974. Acc. 352479.