Paradise lost : Book I : manuscript, ca. 1665.

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Paradise lost : Book I : manuscript, ca. 1665.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270639529

The only surviving manuscript of Paradise Lost is this 33-page fair copy, written in secretary script by a professional scribe, who probably transcribed patchwork pages of text Milton had dictated to several different amanuenses. This fair copy was corrected by at least five different hands under Milton's personal direction and became the printer's copy, used to set the type for the first edition of the book.

1 item (33 p.) ; 19.5-19.9 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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