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MILTON, John (1608-1674). Paradise Lost. London: Printed by S. Simmons ... to be sold by T. Helder, 1669.
4o (183 x 140 mm). Title and text within ruled border. Woodcut headband and initial at the start of each book. Contemporary blind-ruled mottled calf, spine gilt (some peeling, some wear, especially at corners and joints). Provenance: Katherine Eyre (contemporary signature on front free endpaper); engraved bookplate with name effaced; 19th-century note attached to front pastedown.
FIRST EDITION, fifth title page [Amory's issue no. 3]. The title page to this copy is a cancel presumably because the preliminaries were originally printed for use with copies having the fourth title. Hugh Amory 'Things Unattempted Yet' in The Book Collector, Spring 1983, pp. 41-66; Grolier Wither to Prior 603; Pforzheimer 718; Wing M-2142.
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FIRST EDITION, fifth title page [Amory's issue no. 3]. The title page to this copy is a cancel presumably because the preliminaries were originally printed for use with copies having the fourth title. Hugh Amory 'Things Unattempted Yet' in The Book Collector, Spring 1983, pp. 41-66; Grolier Wither to Prior 603; Pforzheimer 718; Wing M-2142.