Elvesztett Paraditsom Milton által. Fordította Frantziából Bessenyei Sándor Cs. és Kir. Lovas Kapitány. Első [Második] darab I.–VIII. [IX–XII.] Könyv. [És A’ visszanyert Paraditsom IV. Könyvekbenn.] [Paradise Lost. Paradise Regained.]
Kassánn [Kassa]: Ellinger János Cs. [Ts.] és Királyi privil. Könyv-nyomtatónál, 1796. First edition. Two volumes bound into one. In later half cloth. Gilt title on spine. Marbled edges. Sándor Kozocsa’s bookplate on the front pastedown. (32), 366; 388 p. Cover edges slightly rubbed. Old collection stamps, shelf mark, and notes in pencil on blank verso of title page. Some pages dog-eared. Otherwise in fine condition.
First Hungarian edition of Milton’s Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained in the translation of György Bessenyei (1747–1811) the Hungarian playwright and poet.
Provenance: Sándor Kozocsa’s bookplate (1904–1991; Hungarian literary historian); Baron Ferenc Révay’s (1835–1916) ownership stamp; Duplum venditum stamp of the Hungarian National Museum.
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Price: €1,500.00