"Paradise Regain'd A Poem In Four Books. To Which Is Added Samson Agonistes; And Poems Upon Several Occasions, With A Tractate Of Education.", by John Milton, London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, MDCCLIII [1753].

Hard boards, original leather [some wear, leather creases between boards and spine, the boards are well attached]; pocket size, 3.1/2" x 5.1/2"; pen written name inside front cover, initials on the title page, damaged paper inside back cover; 350 pages, some soiling, good/ very good condition.

"Paradise Regained" is a poem by English poet John Milton, first published in 1671. The volume in which it appeared also contained the poet's closet drama Samson Agonistes. "Paradise Regained" is connected by name to his earlier and more famous epic poem "Paradise Lost" with which it shares similar theological themes; indeed, its title, its use of blank verse, and its progression through Christian history recall the earlier work. However, this effort deals primarily with the temptation of Christ as recounted in the Gospel of Luke.

"The tractate Of Education," first appearing anonymously as a single eight-page quarto sheet Presented as a letter written in response to a request from the Puritan educational reformer Samuel Hartlib, it represents John Milton's most comprehensive statement on educational reform, and gives voice to his views "concerning the best and noblest way of education." As outlined in the tractate, education carried for Milton a dual objective: one public, to "fit a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war," and the other private, to "repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love Him, to be like Him, as we may the nearest by possessing our soul of true virtue".

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