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Six portraits of eminent seventeenth century men. Engraving.

Galileo Galilei receiving a visit from John Milton at the Torre del Gallo. Photograph after a painting by A. Gatti.

John Milton dictating Paradise lost to one of his daughters while the other embroiders and his wife looks on. Wood engraving by F. Méaulle after Michael Munkacsy.

Galileo Galilei receiving John Milton. Oil painting by Annibale Gatti.

Milton visiting Galileo when a prisoner of the Inquisition. Oil painting by Solomon Alexander Hart, 1847.

Galileo Galilei: sculptured group of Galileo Galilei and John Milton by Cesare Aureli. Process print.

Stars of the dawn chorus, The Robin : welcome to the new day.

John Milton dictating 'Paradise Lost' to his daughter due to his blindness. Line engraving by C. Grignion after S. Wale.

The life of Iohn Milton; containing, besides the history of his works, several extraordinary characters of men, and books, sects, parties, and opinions: with Amyntor; or a defense of Milton's life: by Iohn Toland. And uarious notes now added.

Paradise lost: a poem in twelve books. By John Milton. From the text of Dr. Newton. In two volumes. With the life of the author. [Six lines from Dryden] Vol. I[-II].

The splendid shilling: in imitation of Milton. Written by J. Philips.

The poetical works of John Milton; containing Paradise lost, Paradise regain'd, Samson Agonistes, ... To which is added, a letter concerning education to Mr. Samuel Hartlib.

The angel Raphael appears among the animals in the garden of Eden to gaze upon Adam and Eve. Aquatint with etching by R. Pollard, 1792, after C. Metz.

Death looms above a group of people inflicted with various physical and mental diseases - a lazar house. Stipple engraving by M. Haughton, 1813, after H. Fuseli.

The gates of Eden open to expel Adam and Eve, who stand caught in a terrified embrace. Aquatint by M. Haughton, 1805 after J.H. Füssli (Fuseli).

Fever, represented as a frenzied beast, stands racked in the centre of a room, while a blue monster, representing ague, ensnares his victim by the fireside; a doctor writes prescriptions to the right. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.

A fettered Samson sits blind and distraught in a gloomy clearing. Stipple engraving by T. Kirk after R. Westall.

Milton's Paradise regain'd. A poem, in four books.

Paradisus amissus. Poema Joannis Miltoni. Latine redditum a Guilielmo Dobson, LL.B. Nov. Coll. Oxon. Socio.

Paradise lost. A poem. In twelve books. The author John Milton. With notes of various authors, by John Rice.

Considerations on Milton's early reading, and the prima stamina of his Paradise lost; together with extracts from a poet of the sixteenth century. In a letter to William Falconer, M.D. from Charles Dunster, M.A.

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Milton, John, 1608-1674

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Milton's Paradise regain'd. A poem, in four books.

A fettered Samson sits blind and distraught in a gloomy clearing. Stipple engraving by T. Kirk after R. Westall.

Paradisus amissus. Poema Joannis Miltoni. Latine redditum a Guilielmo Dobson, LL.B. Nov. Coll. Oxon. Socio.

Paradise lost. A poem. In twelve books. The author John Milton. With notes of various authors, by John Rice.

Considerations on Milton's early reading, and the prima stamina of his Paradise lost; together with extracts from a poet of the sixteenth century. In a letter to William Falconer, M.D. from Charles Dunster, M.A.