John Milton (1608–1674) Paradise lost. A poem written in ten books. First Edition (London: [S. Simmons], 1667). Ee.4.8, first title page variant. 

Christ’s College Library holds in its collection six of the 1,300 copies of the first edition of Paradise Lost printed in 1667-68. The poem initially sold slowly, provoking its publisher Samuel Simmons to reissue it a number of times with new title pages and additional material in an attempt to drum up business. This copy bears the first title page, from which Simmons warily omitted his name, perhaps in fear of reprisals arising from Milton’s prevailing political unpopularity.