Lot 236
Milton, John
Paraphrasis Poetica in tria Poemata
Estimate: £300 - £400
Auction: 19 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
Viz Paradisum Amissum, Paradisum Recuperatum, et Samsonen Agaonisten. Autore Gulielmo Hogaeo. London: Johannis Darby, 1690. 8vo, xxxvi 510 pp., later sheep, title-page in red and black, bound without A1 (probably blank) but retaining final blank 2K8, bookplate, spine and extremities rubbed, loss to head of spine, damp-staining to front board, light browning, title-page slightly spotted, marginal damp-staining to first few quires and to 2C-2E, leaves 2C3-2D5 with small triangular tear to fore margins, a few other blemishes and marks [Lowndes (1861) vol. 6 p. 1561]
Footnote
Apparently the first complete edition in Latin of Milton's three major poetical works, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes: a Latin translation of Paradise Lost by one J. C. was published in 1686, though that appears to have been an abbreviated version, being a quarto in 32 pages only. The translator William Hogg (fl.1682-1702) was a Latin poet of Scottish extraction. ‘Although he appears to have made little impact on literary historians, or compilers of Scottish biography, [he] is notable as one of the most prolific Latin writers of his age. His output was remarkable, consisting of biblical paraphrase, complimentary poems, and translations of long English works into Latin’ (ODNB).
