The poetical works of Mr. John Milton. Containing, Paradise lost, Paradise regain'd, Sampson [sic] Agonistes, and his Poems on several occasions. Together with explanatory notes on each book of the Paradise lost, and a table never before printed.
Milton, John,1608-1674.
Milton, John,1608-1674.Paradise regained.
Milton, John,1608-1674.Samson Agonistes.
Milton, John,1608-1674.Poems.Selections.
Milton, John,1608-1674.Paradise lost.
Hume, Patrick,active 1695.Annotations on Milton's Paradise lost.
Faithorne, William,1616-1691,artist.
Burghers, M.,engraver.
Bourch, P. P.,engraver.
White, Robert,1645-1703,engraver.
London : printed for Jacob Tonson, at the Judges-Head near the Inner-Temple-Gate in Fleet-streeti,
MDCXCV. [1695]
Frontispiece portrait of the author by William Faithorne (plate) signed: R White sculp:.
Most of the 12 illustrations for Paradise lost are engraved by Michael  Burghers or Peter Paul Bouche.
Text is continuous despite pagination.
According to K.A. Coleridge, p. 274, "Jacob Tonson issued two collections in 1695, parts of which are in large part the same, but with different arrangements". The first collection (the work being catalogued here) contains a general title page (which the second collection lacks), "Paradise lost", a list of subscribers (cf. Shawcross, 381), "A table" (index to "Paradise lost"), "Paradise regain'd", "Samson Agonistes", "Poems upon several occasions", and Hume's "Annotations", usually (but not always) in that order. The first collection of the "Poetical works" may have been devised partly as a means of clearing unsold copies of the 1688 editions of "Paradise lost", "Paradise regain'd", and "Sampson Agonistes", since sets often contain the 1688 printing of these works.
Each part has separate dated title page, pagination, and register. In  this edition "Paradise lost" is in the setting of 1695 (this setting includes printed line numbers); "Paradise regain'd" and "Samson Agonistes" are dated 1688; "Poems upon several occasions" (the third edition) and Hume's Annotations are both dated 1695.
The order of contents is: General title page; "Paradise lost" (with table as part of quire 2Y); "Paradise regain'd"; "Samson Agonistes"; "Poems upon several occasions"; Hume's "Annotations". The copy filmed lacks the list of subscribers sometimes found in the first collection.
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996)
Wing (CD-Rom, 1996)
Shawcross, J.  Milton
Coleridge, K.A.  Catalogue of the Milton collection in the Turnbull Library
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