1765 Paradise Lost John Milton Poetry English Elijah Fenton Addison RARE
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1765 Paradise Lost John Milton Poetry English Elijah Fenton Addison RARE
“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost follows the biblical story of the Fall of Man and the temptation of Adam and Eve. Milton himself states that purpose for this book was to “Justify the ways of God to Men”. It covers the characters Adam, Eve, and Satan and the roles each played in the development of religious culture and idolatry.
It was critically acclaimed and well-received by many famed personalities, including Samuel Johnson who states.
“[Paradise Lost shows] Miltons peculiar power to astonish…and he seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was the Nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others: the power of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful.
This 1765 London edition includes a “life of Milton” by Elijah Fenton, but more importantly includes various notes and commentary by Thomas Newton, Joseph Addison, and Patrick Hume.
Item number: #21835
Price: $750
MILTON, John
Paradise Lost. A poem
Edinburgh : Printed for John Wood, at Miltons Head, MDCCLXV. [1765]
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
xiii, [3], 304, [22]
Provenance: Handwritten
John Allsopp, 1771
Jas. Wilkins, 1844
Language: English
Binding: Leather; tight and secure
Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
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“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost follows the biblical story of the Fall of Man and the temptation of Adam and Eve. Milton himself states that purpose for this book was to “Justify the ways of God to Men”. It covers the characters Adam, Eve, and Satan and the roles each played in the development of religious culture and idolatry.
It was critically acclaimed and well-received by many famed personalities, including Samuel Johnson who states.
“[Paradise Lost shows] Miltons peculiar power to astonish…and he seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was the Nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others: the power of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful.
This 1765 London edition includes a “life of Milton” by Elijah Fenton, but more importantly includes various notes and commentary by Thomas Newton, Joseph Addison, and Patrick Hume.
Item number: #21835
Price: $750
MILTON, John
Paradise Lost. A poem
Edinburgh : Printed for John Wood, at Miltons Head, MDCCLXV. [1765]
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
xiii, [3], 304, [22]
Provenance: Handwritten
John Allsopp, 1771
Jas. Wilkins, 1844
Language: English
Binding: Leather; tight and secure
Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!
21835
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1765 Paradise Lost John Milton Poetry English Elijah Fenton Addison RARE
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