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a poem in IV books : to which are added Samson Agonistes & poems both English and Latin compos'd on several occasions
343 pages, 1 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm (quarto)
"Paradise regain'd" and "Samson Agonistes" reprinted from the first edition published by the author in 1671. The poems are from the 1645 text with added English poems from the 1673 edition, excepting the metrical versions of the Psalms and the four sonnets then unpublished. Slight corrections made and an alteration of the sonnet arrangement. Cf. "Notice", page 5 and Stevens, D.H. Reference guide to Milton from 1800 to the present day.
First leaf blank except for signature letter "a."
"The Doves Bindery" stamped on the rear paste-down.
British Library. Modern Brit. and Am. private presses, p. 56
Ransom, W. Private presses, p. 251, no. 7
Hammersmith [London, England} : The Doves Press, No. 1 The Terrace : Printed by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson and Emery Walker at the Doves Press, MDCCCCV [1905]