Milton Paradise Lost Gustave Dore Gallery 1884 50 Plate

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Milton PARADISE LOST GUSTAVE DORE GALLERY 1884 50 plate This is Milton's Paradise Lost, Illustrated by Gustave Dore and published by John Alden in 1884. This beautiful book is also called the Dore Gallery for it's famous steel plate engravings.

The incredible Victorian Art Nouveau front cover of this huge book is an ornate pictorial with gold gilt and black blindstamping. All three page ends are gold gilt. The front and rear boards have beveled edges.

There are 50 stunning full page (11-1/2" x 9") B&W plates done by the famous illustrator, Gustave Dore. These amazing plates are being cannabalized and sold individually as artwork, here at Ebay as well as other internet sites.

Here is a chance to own a scarce, highly collectible piece of literary history. This book is an excellent investment which has been steadily increasing in value and will continue to do so.

Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books; a second edition followed in 1674, redivided into twelve books (in the manner of the division of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout and a note on the versification. The poem concerns the Judeo-Christian 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. Milton's purpose, stated in Book I, is to "justify the ways of God to men" and elucidate the conflict between God's eternal foresight and free will.

Milton worked for Oliver Cromwell and the Parliament of England and thus wrote first-hand for the Commonwealth of England. Arguably, the failed rebellion and the reinstallation of the monarchy left him to explore his losses within Paradise Lost.

Paradise Lost is an epic account of the Fall of Man. Milton begins his poem by invoking the aid of the (Holy) Spirit for his task, and sets forth the purpose of his song: that . I may assert the Eternal Providence and justify the ways of God to man.

The poem then depicts Satan and his fallen angels, already expelled from heaven and burning in the fire, as they start to talk among themselves. The rest of Books I and II, are then recounted from the perspective of Satan and his minions. Satan goes on to tell how those of Hell deliberated with him as to whether or not they should war with those in heaven yet again and attempt to overthrow it. Once agreed upon, Satan struggles through Chaos from Heaven to Hell.

Copies of this book (if you can find one) are very scarce & selling for far more elsewhere online so get this one while you can!

We had this book professionally restored at a book bindery. It was re-glued, re-hinged, has new high quality endpapers, it is now tight, solid & ready to serve for generations to come.

This book is in good condition, with shelfwear to the top and bottom of spine, rubbing to corners, a little staining, otherwise the boards (covers) are in excellent condition. The corners are straight and true, The endpapers are clean and unmarked. The text is clean, bright and in good condition, with no foxing evident, light smudgemarks scattered through text. One Page has a small repaired tear, otherwise, No tears or rips evident. All the plates are present, nothing is loose or coming loose. A very nice, highly presentable and sound copy. There is a gift inscription on the back of the frontispiece, otherwise, There is NO, NONE writing anywhere in this book.

A Beautiful, solid and highly presentable copy of this rare collectiblr book.

The photos below represent but a fraction of the illustrations! (please excuse the flasback from camera & lighting).

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