Milton,John — Milton's Paradise Lost

Arcturus This is a Fine Copy of this Book in a Near Fine Slip-Case.There are no previous names or inscriptions present.Lovely Clean copy internally with reproduced illustrations in black and white by Gustave Dore.Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the English poet John Milton (1608-1674). The poem concerns the biblical story of the fall of man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books (in the manner of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout.At the heart of Paradise Lost are the themes of free will and the moral consequences of disobedience. Milton seeks to "justify the ways of God to men" First Thus [2015] Gustave Dore Fine No Jacket/Slip Case First Thus London 8vo