![]() An exceptional example, rare and desirable. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. 41-66 see ESTC R13352 Grolier Wither to Prior 603 Pforzheimer 718 Wing M-2142. Hugh Amory â Things Unattempted Yetâ in The Book Collector, Spring 1983, pp. ![]() With the cancel title-page corresponding to Amoryâ s fourth issue, title page with "Angel" in the imprint in italic, and no note from the printer to the reader. Amoryâ s subissue 4â with signature Z in the original setting with "illustrous" in line 109 of the seventh book, and with Vv reset reading "far" in line 2 ov Vvlr. (Without blank A1 after cancel title, F3 with paper flaw affecting rule border and shoulder notes, tiny mostly marginal wormhole to a few leaves.) Provenance: Elizabeth Gordon (signature on title verso dated 1686) Robert Chilton Pearson (bookplate) Patrick & Julie Pearson (bookplate). Title-page and text within ruled border woodcut headpieces and initials opening each book. PARADISE LOST POEM FULLSmall octavo, bound in full contemporary sprinkled calf, smooth spine gilt, red morocco lettering-piece gilt. Very good condition, in leather binding and gold gilt-edged pages, housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.įirst edition of Milton's masterpiece, "one of the greatest works of the human imagination" (DNB). These include "The Argument," in which Milton describes the program of each of the ten books, and "The Verse," in which Milton defends his choice of using blank verse rather than rhyme. In addition, this copy includes the important preliminary matter that Milton added during 1668 after the first copies were issued. ![]() In this case the title page bears the full name of the author and the year 1669. In addition, the bibliographer Hugh Amory argued convincingly that the 1668 title page was probably issued earlier than the one bearing the date 1667. It was just a matter of what copy the publisher pulled out of the original pile, and attached a title page. Thus, the first printed copy of the 1200 copies could just as easily have a 1669 title page as one dated 1667 or 1668. There is no known relationship between when a given copy of the TEXT itself was printed, and the title page it bears. ![]() By the time the 1200 copies of the first run had sold out, seven different variations of the title page has been produced, bearing dates of 1667, 16. Simmons issued the first edition over a few years, adding a different title page from time to time. This one of the original 1,200 first edition copies printed in 1669 by the publisher Simmons. ![]()
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