Paradise lost. A Poem Written in ten Books By John Milton. Licensed and
Entred according to Order. _London Printed, and are to be sold by Peter
Parker under Creed Church neer Aldgate; And by Robert Boulter at the
Turks Head in Bishopsgate-street; And Matthias Walker, under St.
Dunstons Church in Fleet-street,_ 1667.
4^o. (7 × 5-3/8). S. 10.
Collation: titlepage unsigned, A-2T^{4}2V^2, unpaged. The first
edition, with Lowndes' first titlepage (Bohn). The poem begins on A
1. It was not divided into twelve books till the second edition.
The second titlepage differs in having the author's name in smaller
type.
Paradise lost. A Poem in ten Books. The Author J. M. Licensed and Entred
according to Order. _London Printed, and are to be sold by Peter Parker
under Creed Church neer Aldgate; And by Robert Boulter at the Turks Head
in Bishopsgate-street; And Matthias Walker, under St. Dunstons Church in
Fleet-street,_ 1668.
4^o. (7-1/8 × 5-1/4). S. 11.
[Another copy.]
4^o. (7 × 5-1/4). S. 12.
Both copies of the first edition, having Lowndes' third titlepage.
Except for the alterations observable in the transcript, the
titlepage has been printed from the same setting up of the type as
the first, the rules round the title are however new. A fourth
titlepage also bearing the date 1668 was printed by S. Simmons and
has four rows of fleurs-de-lis under the author's name. Of the
fifth and sixth titlepages recorded in Bohn's Lowndes no copies are
known. The second of the above copies has the heraldic bookplate of
Rob. Hodges, Fellow of Pembroke (1703).
Paradise lost. A Poem in ten Books. The Author John Milton. _London,
Printed by S. Simmons, and are to be sold by T. Helder at the Angel in
Little Brittain._ 1669.
4^o. (7 × 5-1/4). S. 14.
Collation: _A_^4a^4A etc. as before. Titlepage on _A_ 1. Printer's
address to the Reader, signed S. Simmons. (5 lines.) Arguments to
the ten books. Note on the verse. Errata. Text as before. This is
again the first edition with addition of preliminary matter, and
has Lowndes' seventh titlepage.
Paradise lost. A Poem in ten Books. The Author John Milton. _London,
Printed by S. Simmons, and are to be sold by T. Helder, at the Angel in
Little Brittain,_ 1669.
4^o. (7 × 5-1/8). S. 13.
Collation as above. No printer's address to the reader and
preliminary matter reset. The first edition with Lowndes' eighth
titlepage. This was printed from an entirely new setting of the
type. It may be distinguished from the seventh by the commas after
'Helder' and 'Brittain' and by having 'Angel' in italic in place of
roman type; also by having a reversed 'p' for the 'd' in
'Paradise'. On an inserted leaf at the beginning is the
inscription: 'M^r. Hollis desires the favor of M^r. Payne to
present this Copy, unless it should prove a duplicate, to M^r.
Capel. Pall Mall mar. 18. 1761.'
Paradise Lost. A Poem in twelve Books. The Author John Milton. The
Second Edition Revised and Augmented by the same Author.
_London, Printed by S. Simmons next door to the Golden Lion in
Aldersgate-street,_ 1674.
8^o. (6-1/2 × 4-1/4). W. 4.
Collation: Portrait unsigned, A^4B-Y^8, paged. Y 8 blank. Portrait
engraved by W. Dolle. Commendatory verses, signed: S. B. _M. D._,
A. M. Note on the verse. The arguments are prefixed to the several
books. This is the second edition, in which the poem first appeared
divided into twelve books.
Paradise Regain'd. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is added Samson
Agonistes. The Author John Milton. _London, Printed by J. M. for John
Starkey at the Mitre in Fleetstreet, near Temple-Bar._ MDCLXXI.
8^o. (7 × 4-1/2). S. 15.
Collation: A^2B-O^8P^4, paged. Licence, dated July 2, 1670, on leaf
preceding titlepage. 'Samson' has a separate titlepage with same
imprint on I 1, and fresh pagination. Note on Tragedy. Argument.
Personae. At the end is an omitted passage and errata. First
edition.
Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions. By Mr. John Milton: Both English and
Latin, &c. Composed at several times. With a small Tractate of Education
To Mr. Hartlib. _London, Printed for Tho. Dring at the Blew Anchor next
Mitre Court over against Fetter Lane in Fleet-street._ 1673.
8^o. (6-1/2 × 4-1/4). W. 3. 1.
Collation: _A_^4A-S^8, paged. Wants S 7 and 8 containing part of
the advertisement of books. Table of English Poems. Table of Latin
Poems. Errata. English Poems. 'Joannis Miltoni Londinensis Poemata.
Quorum pleraque intra Annum ætatis Vigesimum Conscripsit. Nunc
primum Edita. Londini, Excudebat W. R. Anno 1673', _i.e._ the Latin
Poems, with separate titlepage and fresh pagination but signatures
continuous, and preceded by an address to the reader in Latin.
Tractate of Education with pagination continuous with Latin Poems.
Advertisement of books at end. This is the second edition of the
'Poems', of which there were two issues in the same year, the
earlier bearing the White Lion as the sign of the stationer. The
first edition of the poems both English and Latin appeared in 1645.