Research Catalog

Title

Paradise lost : a poem in twelve books / the author, John Milton ; text edited by John T. Shawcross ; introduction by Helen Vendler.

Author

Milton, John, 1608-1674.

Publication

San Francisco : Printed by Andrew Hoyem at The Arion Press, 2002.

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Additional Authors

• Shawcross, John T.
• Vendler, Helen Hennessy.
• Hoyem, Andrew.
• Arion Press. prt

Description

xxxiv, 396 p.; 27 cm.

Subject

• Adam (Biblical figure) > Poetry
• Eve (Biblical figure) > Poetry
• Bible. > History of Biblical events > Poetry
• Fall of man > Poetry

Genre/Form

• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Baskerville (Monotype)
• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Goudy Text.

Note

• "Limited to 400 numbered copies for sale and 26 lettered copies for complimentary distribution to participants in the project"--Colophon.
• "This edition of Paradise lost pays typographic tribute to two earlier editions ... the second edition of 1674, the year of the poet's death ... and the second Baskerville edition of 1759 ... We have cast the type for this book [in Monotype Baskerville], in the 14-point size, only slightly smaller than the letters in the 1759 edition ... The paper ... is a special making by the Zerkall mill in Germany that is of wove formation and of weight ... and color (ivory) similar to Baskerville's sheet ... In homage to the 1674 printing, we have employed a blackletter in running heads, Goudy Text ... Produced under my direction [Andrew Hoyem] with the assistance of Gerald Reddan, Blake Riley, Lewis Mitchell, Peter Stoelzl, Chris Chen, Diana Ketcham, Charles Martin, David Higgs, Lynn Strandberg, and Diane Dempsey Murray. This is the sixty-fourth publication of Arion Press"--Colophon.

Binding (note)

• Binding: Publisher's black linen, in matching slipcase with vignette on front and back of case; inset purple leather spine labels, stamped in gold.

Call Number

*KP (Arion) 05-228

OCLC

51633792

Author

Milton, John, 1608-1674.

Title

Paradise lost : a poem in twelve books / the author, John Milton ; text edited by John T. Shawcross ; introduction by Helen Vendler.

Imprint

San Francisco : Printed by Andrew Hoyem at The Arion Press, 2002.

Local Note

NYPL copy is no. 144.

Binding

Binding: Publisher's black linen, in matching slipcase with vignette on front and back of case; inset purple leather spine labels, stamped in gold.

Local Note

Accompanied by prospectus ([8] p.), "Keepsake for the publication party" ([3] p.) containing "On the morning of Christ's nativity" by Milton, and publisher's letter, dated Jan. 31, 2003.

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Added Author

Shawcross, John T.

Vendler, Helen Hennessy.

Hoyem, Andrew. Printer

Arion Press. Printer

Research Call Number

*KP (Arion) 05-228