MILTON, John. The Paradise Lost, London: Septimus Prowett, 1827. 2 volumes in one, 2° (363 x 268mm). Half titles, 24 mezzotint plates by JOHN MARTIN. (Some waterstaining and foxing, plate I bound in upside-down.) Later 19th-century hardgrain morocco, gilt spine, 3 gilt borders round sides, gilt edges (extremities rubbed or slightly worn). FIRST EDITION of Martin's illustrations of Paradise Lost. Lowndes IV, p.1560.