Paradisus Amissus. Poema A Joannis Miltonni.; Latine Redditum A Guileilmo Dobson, LL.B
Oxford: E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1750-1753. leather_bound. 304, 303 pages. 26 x 21 cm. Errata. Latin and English text with latter in smaller type at the foot of each page. Translated by William Dobson. Dobson was an academic from New College, University of Oxford, and his translation written on commission. One theory as to the need for a Latin translation: "an attempt by the English middle-class intelligentsia to reclaim from the popular masses the preeminent English non-Biblical religious text." Interior contents very clean and fresh. Owner inscription title page of Vol. I and free endpaper of Vol. II. Raised bands, leather spine labels. small scrape front covers of both Vols. Small bookplate of R.J.W. Milton Library, Wickenheiser. Contemporary full brown calf rebacked. Very good. 2 Vols. Item #23627
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