Figure 267

Page of Bakerville’s Preface to Milton, Birmingham

From a copy in the Boston Anthenæum (facsimile), Paradise Lost. A Poem, in Twelve Books

1758

…in 1758, Baskerville followed up this success with a Milton in two volumes royal octavo—a somewhat indifferent performance—which is chiefly interesting for the preface that he wrote for it.

See chapter 17