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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