Oct 24 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2683 -

Sale 2683 - Lot 24

Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
Milton, John (1608-1674)
Paradise Regain'd. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes.

London: Printed by J.M. for John Starkey, 1671.

First edition, first issue, octavo, two parts in one volume with divisional title for Samson Agonistes (collation continuous); with misprint "loah" on page 67 instead of "loth" in Paradise Regained; engraved portrait bound opposite general title page; lacking the imprimatur leaf, errata in second state; ex libris George Lloyd Esq., with his engraved armorial bookplate pasted inside front board; signature of Susanna Georgiana Lloyd dated 1830 written below; old inscription washed from general title; bound in contemporary speckled calf, rebacked; with original marbled edges intact; housed in custom folding case; 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.

Wither to Prior 613; Wing M-2152; ESTC R299.

Rasmussen-Hines Collection of Shakespeare & Renaissance Literature.