Milton's Paradise lost, or, The fall of man
Subtitle: with historical, philosophical, critical, and explanatory notes : in twelve books
By: from the learned Raymond de St. Maur wherein the technical terms in the arts and sciences are explained; the original signification of the names of men, cities, animals, &c. and from what language derived, reder'd easy and intelligible : also the mythological fables of the heathens, wherever referr'd to, historically related; difficult passages cleared of their obscurity ; and the whole reduced to the standard of the English idiom ; embellished with a great number of copper-plates.
Contributors: Dupré de Saint-Maur, Nicolas-François, 1695-1774.; Boismorand, Claude Jean Chéron de, 1680-1740.; Milton, John, 1608-1674.
Series: Blake -- Suppl. no. 16
Publisher: Printed for M. Cooper [etc.]
Published: 1754
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 430
Other titles: Milton's Paradise lost; Fall of man
Notes: In fact by Nicolas-François Dupré de Saint-Maur; translated and paraphrased by George Smith Green. Cf. ESTC.

This prose version was originally published in French as 'Paradis perdu de Milton'.Cf. ESTC.

With revisions by Jean Chéron de Boismorand. Cf. OCLC.

ESTC N34801

Victoria University Library copy: some plates laid down, some text leaves re-margined, a few light stains and a little marginal worming towards the end.