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MILTON, John (1608-1674). Paradise Lost (1608-1674). London: Jacob Tonson, 1688.
A tall copy of the first illustrated edition, "the earliest serious effort to illustrate an important work of English poetry" (Hodnett). The full-page illustrations were enormously influential in subsequent interpretations of Paradise Lost, and are discussed at length in the Riverside Milton. This work is an early example of financing a publication through subscription, with a 6-page list of subscribers at the rear. Edward Hodnett, Five Centuries of Book Illustration, 1988, p.63; Wing M-2147.
Folio (380 x 233mm). Engraved frontispiece, 12 full-page engraved plates by Burghers after B. de Medina (light spotting, occasional marginal tear), list of subscribers at rear. Contemporary calf (repairs to head and tail of spine, covers scuffed). Provenance: early bibliographical note on the front endpaper.
A tall copy of the first illustrated edition, "the earliest serious effort to illustrate an important work of English poetry" (Hodnett). The full-page illustrations were enormously influential in subsequent interpretations of Paradise Lost, and are discussed at length in the Riverside Milton. This work is an early example of financing a publication through subscription, with a 6-page list of subscribers at the rear. Edward Hodnett, Five Centuries of Book Illustration, 1988, p.63; Wing M-2147.
Folio (380 x 233mm). Engraved frontispiece, 12 full-page engraved plates by Burghers after B. de Medina (light spotting, occasional marginal tear), list of subscribers at rear. Contemporary calf (repairs to head and tail of spine, covers scuffed). Provenance: early bibliographical note on the front endpaper.