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Bibliographic Description for Paradise Lost, 1688


Date and Place of Examination:                                               Library Call Number:
May 1999, Pitts Theology Library,                                               1688 MILT (Oversize)
Emory University, Atlanta Georgia


1. The purpose of the description
        To document Emory's holdings of Milton materials and to make them available electronically.

2. The date of the book                                                                   Language(s):
        1688                                                                   English

3. An exact copy of the title from the title page
       Paradise Lost. / A / Poem / In Twelve Books. / The Authour / John Milton. / The Fourth Edition, Adorn'd with Sculptures.

4. The name of the printer and publisher
        Miles Flesher, for Richard Bently

5. The place of publication
        London, at the Post Office in Russell Street

6. Notes on any borders, ornaments or devices on the title page
        Double line border

7. The colophon (The printer's information at the end of the book)
        none

8. Format (folio, quarto, and so on)

        folio

9. Measurements: Overall dimensions of the paper and the dimensions of the printed text
       

10. Collation (A list of the signatures which mark each gathering, number of pages per gathering, and total number of pages)
        B - Z, Aa - Zz

11. Notes on the binding
        Rebound in leather

12. Notes on illustrations, if any
        Many by M. Burgesse; frontispiece by R. White

13. History of ownership (if known), description of annotations, and other notes
        1st illustrated edition
       no annotations
       Includes subscription table.



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