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Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. The Fifth Edition, Adorn'd with Sculptures.
1691
Illustrated by: Bernard Lens I, English, about 1631–1708
Illustrated by: John Baptist Medina, Flemish (worked in England and Scotland), 1655–1710
Illustrated by: Henry Aldrich, English, 1647–1710
Engraved by: Michael Burghers, Dutch (worked in England), active 1676–1723
Engraved by: Peter Paul Bouché, Flemish, worked in England, born about 1646
Engraved by: Robert White, English, 1645–1703
Author: John Milton, English, 1608–1674
Publisher: Richard Bently, English, died in 1697
Publisher: Jacob Tonson, English, 1656?–1736
Place of Publication: London, England
Overall: 32.3 x 20.7 x 3.3 cm (12 11/16 x 8 1/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Illustrated book with thirteen engravings
Classification: Illustrated books
Catalogue: Wing M2149; Hofer, Baroque Book Illustration, 16Object is currently not on viewLondon: Richard Bently and Jacob Tonson, 1691 Museum of Fine Arts, BostonGift of Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow in honor of Alan Shestack, 1993
Accession number: 1993.717Provenance/Ownership History: Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow, by whom given to MFA, November 17, 1993.
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