1707 Paradise Lost John Milton
Poetry Tonson English Thomas Newton Illustrated
“The mind is its own place, and in itself
can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost
‘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.
This 1707 edition was published with impressive, full-page
illustrations.
Item number: #25248
Price: $750
MILTON, John
Paradise Lost. A poem
London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1707.
Details:
· Collation:
Complete
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[10], 483, [9]
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Frontispiece + 11 full-page engravings
· Language:
English
· Binding: Leather;
tight and secure
· Size: ~7.75in X 4.75in (19.5cm x 12cm)
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