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London: Printed for Thomas Tegg No. 111, Cheapside. , 1818. Paradise Lost, A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton. To which is prefixed The Life of the Author. John Ruskin's (1819-1900) copy of Milton's Paradise Lost with John Ruskin’s bookplate: "Ex Libris/John Ruskin/Brantwood." Ruskin's bookplate printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press is affixed to the front pastedown. This book is the one he used in his library at his home Brantwood in Coniston Water, in the English Lake District, from 1872 until his death in 1900. John Ruskin was an artist, critic and social reformer. He was hugely influential in the latter half of the 19th century and his influence reached across the world, inspiring everyone from Charlotte Bronte to Mahatma Gandhi. Without question one of the most important Victorians of all time. Today his ideas and concerns are widely recognised as having anticipated interest in environmentalism, sustainability and craft. John Milton…

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.