1678 Paradise Lost VERY RARE & EARLY John Milton + Regained 3in1 Poetry English
“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost
A rare 17th-century printing of John Milton’s most famous work, ‘Paradise Lost’ paired with ‘Paradise Regained’.
‘Paradise Lost’ follows the biblical story of the Fall of Man and the temptation of Adam and Eve. Milton himself states that purpose for this book was to “Justify the ways of God to Men”. It covers the characters Adam, Eve, and Satan and the roles each played in the development of religious culture and idolatry.
It was critically acclaimed and well-received by many famed personalities, including Samuel Johnson who states.
“[Paradise Lost shows] Milton’s peculiar power to astonish…and he seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was the Nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others: the power of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful.
Item number: #27899
Price: $2950
1678 Paradise Lost VERY RARE & EARLY John Milton + Regained 3in1 Poetry English
“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost
A rare 17th-century printing of John Milton’s most famous work, ‘Paradise Lost’ paired with ‘Paradise Regained’.
‘Paradise Lost’ follows the biblical story of the Fall of Man and the temptation of Adam and Eve. Milton himself states that purpose for this book was to “Justify the ways of God to Men”. It covers the characters Adam, Eve, and Satan and the roles each played in the development of religious culture and idolatry.
It was critically acclaimed and well-received by many famed personalities, including Samuel Johnson who states.
“[Paradise Lost shows] Milton’s peculiar power to astonish…and he seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was the Nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others: the power of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful.
Item number: #27899
Price: $2950
MILTON, John
Paradise lost… Paradise Regained
London: printed by S. Simmons, 1678.
Details:
- Collation: 3 parts in 1 tome
- Paradise Lost – [8], 331, [1]
- Wanting frontispiece, most of page [6], and small portion of title page
- Paradise Regained, (1680) – 70
- Samson Agonistes (1680) – [71]-132 (i.e., 134), [4]
- Paradise Lost – [8], 331, [1]
- References: Wing M 2145; M 2153
- Provenance: Handwritten
- William Powell
- Smith
- Language: English
- Binding: Leather; tight and secure
- Moroccan leather
- Size: ~6.75in X 4.5in (17cm x 11cm)
- VERY RARE, valuable, and desirable
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Category
Literature
Authors
MILTON, John
Printing Date
17th Century
Language
English
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete