In verse

Signatures: Áþ áþ ℗øÁþ B-2T́þ 2V℗ø

The fourth state of the title page, with 4 rows of type ornaments following author's name

A reissue of the first edition, with cancel title page and added quires ℗£A-áþ

℗£A2r is found in two states: with "The printer to the reader" in six or four lines

Title and text within double-ruled borders

Unpaginated; line numbers printed in margins by tens

Headpieces; initials

"Errata": leaf a4v

Boston Public Library. Barton collection catalogue

ESTC

Wing (CD-Rom, 1996)

Shawcross, J.T. Milton

Amory, H. Things unattempted yet : a bibliography of the first edition of Paradise lost (Book collector 32:1 (1983): 41-66)

Cataloged

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy cataloged under call no. G.177.7 bound by William Pratt in red morocco panelled in triple-ruled gilt with floral cornerpieces. All text block edges are gilt. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedown

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy cataloged under call no. G.309.29 bound in early, brown calfskin panelled in blind. The spine has been rebacked at the BPL in brown morocco. The gift bookplate of Thomas Gaffield is present on the front pastedown. The initials "C.G." are present on the front flyleaf. The title page recto is signed "g:gery" in an early hand. The verso of the title page is signed, "M. Ganesborough[?]". A pencil inscription on the rear pastedown reads, "J.T. Fields[?]"

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