Milton's Paradise lost

John Milton

RA Collection: Book

Record number

10/59

Author

Edition

A new edition

Imprint

London: Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street for F.J. du Roveray ; sold by R. Dutton, B. Crosby and Co., E. Lloyd, and J. Bell, 1802

Physical Description

2 v. : ill. ; 25 cm.

General Note

Plates are engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi, Anker Smith, William Bromley, James Neagle and James Fittler from designs by William Hamilton and Henry Fuseli.

References

See also: RA Archives: JU/3/19. Letter from Henry Fuseli to F.J. Du Roveray, suggesting a small change to the preface to this edition of Paradise Lost.

Provenance

The front pastedowns of both volumes carry an engraved armorial bookplate on which is printed `Luscombe.' The front free endpaper of the first volume carries the engraved armorial bookplate of the Reverend Octavius Freire Owen.

Binding Note

Bround in brown leather. Lettered on the spine in gilt: "Du Roveray's Milton. Vol. I [-II].

Contributors

William Hamilton RA, artist/designer
Henry Fuseli RA, artist/designer
Francesco Bartolozzi RA, engraver
Anker Smith ARA, engraver
William Bromley ARA, engraver
James Neagle, engraver
James Fittler ARA, engraver
Francis Isaac Du Roveray, publisher
Thomas Bensley, printer
Benjamin Crosby, bookseller
Octavius Freire Owen, previous owner