April 12, 2024
1853 Poetical Works of John Milton, Paradise Lost, Sonnets, etc., Cosway style
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A beautiful edition of this collection of historic English works by John Milton, with a black leather binding with beautiful flowers on a recessed centerpiece plate reminescent of a Cosway binding (the flowers are not hand-painted though).John Milton is considered to be one of the pre-eminent authors of the English language. The work Paradise Lost, included in this volume, is extremely well regarded.Other works included in the book are:Paradise RegainedSamson AgonistesPoems on Several OccasionsSonnetsLondinensis PoemataElegiarum Libur PrimusEpigrammatum LiberSylvarum LiberInformation About the Work Paradise Lost"Milton began Paradise Lost in 1658 prior to his imprisonment and completed it in 1663. Following a brief account of Man's Fall, he takes up the story with Satan and his angels lying on Hell's burning lake, and closes the poem with the angel Michael leading Adam and Eve out of Paradise. Whilst early editions did not sell quickly, the fourth edition published in 1688 by Tonson and Bently, established the poem's reputation as one of the great works of English literature." (Oxford University, http://www.univ./content/miltons-illustrated-paradise-lost )"By 1688, when England was on the verge of the Whig revolution, Milton's reputation had revived considerably. He was commended for his republicanism as well as his record as a defender
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