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"Paradise lost a poem written in ten books / by John Milton."
Milton, John, 1608-1674.
First edition, with the second title page.
[356] p.
London: Printed, and are to be sold by Peter Parker ..., and Robert Boulter ..., and Matthias Walker ..., 1667.
Wing / M2137
English
Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
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