John Milton 1608-1674
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John MILTON 1608-74
Biographical Note
Poet and political writer.
Books
Although an attempt has been made to deduce the contents of his library from his writings, and there are various pieces of documentary evidence testifying to his owning or buying books, only a small number of books survive today which were demonstrably his. His Bible, with typical family events inscribed in his hand, is BL Add ms 32310.
Sources
- Boswell, J. C. Milton’s library: a catalogue … and an annotated reconstruction, Garland, 1975.
- Campbell, Gordon. "Milton, John (1608–1674), poet and polemicist." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Poole, W. Milton and the making of Paradise Lost, 2017.