Books

To Which is Added Samson Agonistes and Poems upon Several Occasions. From the Text of Thomas Newton. 2 vols. 8vo, old full polished calf; gilt spines. Gaskell 9 & 10. Old armorial bookplate in each volume; contents fine. One of two spine labels on Vol. I (title) is missing; ("Vol. I") the other, damaged; joints worn and starting to split; rubbing and wear at edges.

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.