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London: printed for Jacob Tonson; and for John Poulson; and for J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, and F. Clay, in trust for Richard, James, and Bethel Wellington; printed by Geo. Stafford; and sold by R. H. Evans; T. Payne; J. Robson; J. Nicholls. - Archer Dublin; and Layng Edinburgh, 1732; [1800]. Bentley Edition; Second Dunster Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, [20], 399, [17], [2], vi, iv, [4], 280 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in three-quarter calf with blue cloth boards and gilt lettering to paneled spine. Boards show some rubbing and wear to binding, wear to front hinge, and cracking to upper hinges. Text block shows very mild scattered foxing, 1905/1921 ink ownership and notes to front endpapers, and moderate foxing to title page of Paradise Regained. Marbled endpapers. Two books bound together; Paradise Lost with two engraved portraits after Vertue, a half-title, and an index.; Paradise Regained with engraved title page, folding map; parts of the volume have been trimmed close…

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.