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Very rare Italian edition of the John Milton’s masterpiece, translated from the English by the Italian poet, Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687-1765).

The first Italian edition (published by Rolli), dates from 1735. “The first six books were published in London in 1729, large 4to. The entire book was published in the same city in 1735 folio. This version, of which much is made, was reprinted in Paris, 1740, 2 vol. 12mo; Verona, 1742, in fol."

Esteemed translation according to the  "Dictionnaire de Bibliographie Catholique" (column 972).

This edition is adorned with an allegorical frontispiece engraved by Baratti after Balestra, with a portrait of Milton by Baratti and with 12 spectacular tipped-in engravings in a very beautiful printing, one of which is by Baratti (the others are unsigned).

Two volumes in one binding. The first contains the entire poem, arranged in ten books as originally published. Volume 2 contains notes and comments on the text by G. Addison.

Contemporary calf half-binding. Decorated spine, gilded compartments and mosaic title label. All edges red - Beautiful binding, in excellent condition. Fresh and clean inside. Very good copy.

John Milton was a 17th century English poet and pamphleteer. He began writing at the age of 10. Having converted to Anglicanism, he was imprisoned in the Tower of London. Almost blind at the age of 40, he was also an advocate of the freedom to publish and print without censorship. Paradise Lost was published in 1667, but it remained unnoticed during the author's lifetime. It was not until Milton's death that recognition finally came.

The poem is on the Christian vision of the origin of Man, evoking the temptation 
of Adam and Eve by Satan then their expulsion from the Garden of Eden.

John Milton / Paolo Antonio Rolli / G. Addison
Il Paradiso Perduto. Poema inglese di Giovanni Milton tradotto dal sig. Paolo Rolli Con le Annotazioni di G. Addison E alcune Osservazioni critiche [deux tomes en un volume]
Parigi; Libraso Veneto , Bartolommeo Occhi, 1758
12mo (16 x 9 cm) ; lxiv-407-258 pp.

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