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Paradise Lost. A Poem, in Twelve Books. The author John Milton. The Fifth Edition, With Notes of various Authors, By Thomas Newton, D. Dby Milton, John (1608-1674)
London: printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. and R. Tonson, B. Dod, J. Rivington, J. Richardson, [and 4 others in London], 1761. Full Calf. Fine. Two volumes (complete); large 4to (11.25 x 9.25 inches). Original mottled calf, very skillfully rebacked, with 5 raised spine bands and elaborately gilded spine; red and brown morocco labels, gilt-stamped with titles and volume no's. Twelve full-page copperplate engravings, one at the head of each book. A fine, wide-margined copy with barely a hint of foxing and offsetting from the plates. ESTC Citation No. N34471 Eighty-two years after the first edition of Paradise Lost, Thomas Newton completed work on the first definitive edition of Milton's epic poem. This text arose directly from the controversy surrounding Richard Bentley's 1732 edition. Newton used the last authoritative edition (1674) published at the time of Milton's death as his copy-text and carefully collated the text with the first edition of 1667. He also had access to all other major editions published prior to 1749 and used them as necessary to verify and correct perpetuated errors. His notes synthesized the work of many different scholars and became the standard for scholarly editions for nearly 150 years." ESTC t134228 & t194571. Gaskell, Baskerville, 9 & 10. Newton used the last authoritative edition (1674) published at the time of Milton's death as his copy-text and carefully collated the text with the first edition of 1667. He also had access to all other major editions published prior to 1749 and used them as necessary to verify and correct perpetuated errors. His notes synthesized the work of many different scholars and became the standard for scholarly editions for nearly 150 years. To accompany the newly refined text, the Tonsons contracted with artist Francis Hayman to design new illustrations for the 1749 edition. Hayman was a prominent English decorative painter and had recently completed thirty-six illustrations for an edition of Shakespeare's works. 204k Milton Image Hayman's illustrations became the benchmark for editions of Paradise Lost published well into the nineteenth century. His style began to break from traditional baroque conventions and foreshadowed the innovative work of nineteenth century artists. Raynie, Stephen A. Francis Hayman Reading Paradise Lost in the 1740s SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 - Volume 44, Number 3, Summer 2004, pp. 545-570 The Johns Hopkins University Press Francis Hayman's designs for Paradise Lost, which first appeared in Thomas Newton's 1749 edition, offer subtle editorial comment especially about the relationship of Adam and Eve. In the context of Hayman's other illustrations and his association with David Garrick and William Hogarth, it seems likely that the artist read the text closely. Particularly in the designs for books 4, 5, 7, and 8, Hayman sheds light on the complex gender issues of Milton's epic by seeming to read Adam as possessive. More generally, the artist suggests how the complex psychology of the Fall might have been read in the 1740s.
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