Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Milton, John. Paradise Regain’d: A Poem In Four Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes; and Poems upon Several Occasions. With a Tractate of Educat.

Title in red and black. With engr. frontispiece. 4 leaves, 504 pp. Large 8vo. Contemp. calf with gilt printed spine label. – London, J. and R. Tonson, 1742.

The eight edition. As a continuation of „Paradise Lost“ the „Paradise Regained“ was first published in 1671 and is recounting Jesus’ tentation by Satan as passed down in the gospel of Luke. – Calf rubbed. Front joint cracking (still firm). Spine ends chipped. – Best.-Nr. 24375