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Paradise Lost

John Milton · first published 1667

Spot the first: Preliminary leaves before Book 1: the seven leaves of Arguments, printer's note to the reader, note on the verse and errata are absent (earliest issues (the 1667 title pages and the first 1668 title page))

  1. 1st Printed, and are to be sold by Peter Parker ... and by Robert Boulter ... and Matthias Walker1667 Hardback I own Paradise Lost, Printed, and are to be sold by Peter Parker ... and by Robert Boulter ... and Matthias Walker 1667 Log in to want this