MILTON, JOHN. Paradise regain'd. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes. London: by J.M for John Starkey, 1671. 8vo, 173 x 110 mm. (6 3/4 x 4 5/16 in.), eighteenth-century speckled calf, rebacked, upper cover and flyleaf detached, corners repaired, 2 or 3 headlines shaved, scattered soiling. FIRST EDITIONS OF BOTH WORKS, first issue, with misprint "loah" on p. 67, 2 parts in one, separate title-pages and pagination but continuous quiring, license leaf before general title, errata leaf P4 at end. Grolier Wither to Prior 613; Hayward 73; Wing M-2152. [Bound with] Comus: A Masque, (Now adapted to the Stage) As Alter'd from Milton's Masque at Ludlow-Castle, London: for A. Millar 1760. A few catchwords cropped. Half-title, advertisement leaf at end, woodcut head- and tail-pieces.

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MILTON, JOHN. Paradise regain'd. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes. London: by J.M for John Starkey, 1671. 8vo, 173 x 110 mm. (6 3/4 x 4 5/16 in.), eighteenth-century speckled calf, rebacked, upper cover and flyleaf detached, corners repaired, 2 or 3 headlines shaved, scattered soiling. FIRST EDITIONS OF BOTH WORKS, first issue, with misprint "loah" on p. 67, 2 parts in one, separate title-pages and pagination but continuous quiring, license leaf before general title, errata leaf P4 at end. Grolier Wither to Prior 613; Hayward 73; Wing M-2152. [Bound with] Comus: A Masque, (Now adapted to the Stage) As Alter'd from Milton's Masque at Ludlow-Castle, London: for A. Millar 1760. A few catchwords cropped. Half-title, advertisement leaf at end, woodcut head- and tail-pieces.

Provenance: Charles George Milnes Gaskell, bookplate -- André de Coppet (sale, Parke-Bernet, 16 February 1954, lot 297).