The state of innocence, and fall of man : an opera. Written in heroick verse; and dedicated to Her Royal Highness the Dutchess· By John Dryden, servant to His Majesty.

London : Printed by H[enry]. H[ills]. for H. Herringman, and are to be sold by Joseph Knight, and Francis Saunders, at the Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange, 1684.

[16], 36 p. ; (4to)

An adaptation of Milton's Paradise lost.

Printer's name from Wing CD.

Without the music.

In this edition, signatures are A-E⁴ F² G⁴; other editions have signatures A-G⁴ and A-E⁴ F² G⁴, where G1 is missigned F1.

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), D2375
MacDonald, H. John Dryden, 81c
Woodward & McManaway, 467
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R4199

Great Britain -- England -- London.

D2375c

cs760. Binding signed by Riviere & Son. Macdonald 81c. Provenance: W. C. Hazlitt copy