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Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. The Fifth Edition, Adorn'd with Sculptures.

Illustrated by: Bernard Lens I (English, about 1631–1708)
Illustrated by: John Baptist Medina (Flemish (worked in England and Scotland), 1655–1710)
Illustrated by: Henry Aldrich (English, 1647–1710)
Engraved by: Michael Burghers (Dutch (worked in England), active 1676–1723)
Engraved by: Peter Paul Bouché (Flemish, worked in England, born about 1646)
Engraved by: Robert White (English, 1645–1703)
Author: John Milton (English, 1608–1674)
Publisher: Richard Bently (English, died in 1697)
Publisher: Jacob Tonson (English, 1656?–1736)
1691
Place of Publication: London, England

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with thirteen engravings
Dimensions Overall: 32.3 x 20.7 x 3.3 cm (12 11/16 x 8 1/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow in honor of Alan Shestack
Accession Number1993.717
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
London: Richard Bently and Jacob Tonson, 1691

Catalogue Raisonné Wing M2149; Hofer, Baroque Book Illustration, 16
Description(London: Richard Bently and Jacob Tonson, 1691) Quarto; 183 leaves; modern blind-stamped light brown calf, dark red gilt-stamped labels.

Portrait of author, frontispiece illustrations to each book of Milton's poem
ProvenanceArthur and Charlotte Vershbow, by whom given to MFA, November 17, 1993.