Books

London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1866. Folio. Contemporary morocco with gilt panels (marked). Spine with raised bands and gilt panels (lower spine slightly defective and hinges weak). A.e.g. (374pp.). With 25 full page black and white steel engravings by John Martin. Marbled end-papers. Light foxing around edges, not affecting engravings. Hinges weak.

Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. The first version, published in 1667, consisted of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse.