[Rarebooks] FS: 1st 12mo. ed. of Milton's "Paradise Lost" London: 1711

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Milton, John. PARADISE LOST. Poem in Twelve Books. The Ninth Edition, Adorn'd with Sculptures. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson. 1711. 12mo. (10),378,(28)pp. Index. Illustrated with a copper engraved frontispiece portrait and 12 copper engraved plates. 18th century mottled calf. Two contemporary ownership signatures on title page, one lined out. Small paper flaw on first leaf of index with minor loss of a few letters.    $450.00 (trade discount allowed)
The first 12mo. edition of "Paradise Lost." The 12 plates are unsigned, but after the Burghers/Medina plates.

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