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Milton, John (1608-1674) Paradise Lost. A Poem in Ten Books.
London: Printed by Samuel Simmons and to be sold by S. Thomson, H. Mortlack, M. Walker, and R. Boulter, 1668.
First edition, fourth state with new title page and two new preliminary signatures (A4 & a4), quarto, in addition to the new title, this issue contains seven text leaves with a message from the printer to the reader; Milton's Arguments for each book; and an errata; ex libris Joseph Turner and Gordon Abbot, with bookplates; purchased from Scribner's in 1966; bound in full speckled calf by Riviere neatly ruled and tooled in gilt, rebacked, aeg.; 6 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.
