The Prose Works of John Milton

This does not include the papers of Milton as a public employee

• Of Reformation
  1 of 5 antiprelatical tracts
  
  • 1641 May
    • Scolar Press facsimile
    • Accession: 13042383 Early English Books, Reel 261:E.208:03
• Of Prelatical Episcopacy
  2 of 5 antiprelatical tracts
  • 1641 June or July - 1st edition
    • Scolar Press facsimile
    • Accession: 12741343 Early English Books, Reel 254:E.164:19
• Animadversions upon The Remonstrants Defence Against Smectymnuus
  3 of 5 antiprelatical tracts
  1641 July
• @ 1641 Smectymnuus An Answer to a Book entitled, An Humble Remonstrance
  1641 There is a ten-page postscript, sometimes attributed to Milton
  Accession: 12569638 Early English Books, Reel 254:E.161:04 Scolar Press facsimile
  Accession: 12254687 Early English Books, Reel 155:4; 254:E.166:11
• The Reason of Church-Government
  4 of 5 antiprelatical tracts
  1642 Jan/Feb
  vScolar Press facsimile;
  Accession: 12578479 Early English Books, Reel 250:E.137:09.
• @ 1642 An Apology Against a Pamphlet
  5 of 5 antiprelatical tracts
  1642 April @
  Scolar Press facsimile
  Accession: 12254695 Early English Books, Reel 155:05
• Of Education
  • 1644 (June 5 (Masson 'Life of Milton' v. III p. 233))
    • Scolar Press facsimile
    • Early English Books - Accession: 12032163 Reel 237:E.50:12
  • Milton's Tractate on Education - from 1673
    • 1883
    • 1890
    • 1895
    • 1897
    • 1905

  Chronologicly

  • @ 1642 George Buchanan, Tyrannicall-government anatomized.
    the life and death of John the Baptist.
    This translation of Buchanan's Baptistes
    has been attributed to Milton by J.T.T. Brown.
    Accession: 12137648 Early English Books, Reel 242:E.88:29
  • @ 1643 The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce
    Accession: 12254727 Early English Books, Reels 155:08; 239:E.62:17
  • * 1643 A Soveraigne Salve to Cure the Blind
    Attributed by Dr. Ezra Gillett.
    Accession: 12169615. Early English Books, Reel 244:E.99:23
  • @ 1644 Areopagitica
    Scolar Press facsimile.
  • @ 1644 The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce
    2nd ed.
    Scolar Press facsimile;
    Accession: 11995309 Early English Books, 234:E.31:05
  • @ 1644 The Judgement of Martin Bucer
    Scolar Press facsimile;
    Accession: 11885607 Early English Books, Reel 228:E.4:19
  • @ 1644 Of Education
    Scolar Press facsimile;
    Accession: 12032163 Early English Books, Reel 237:E.50:12.
  • @ 1645 Colasterion
    Scolar Press facsimile
  • @ 1645 The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce
    2nd ed.
    Accession: 12187544 Early English Books, Reels 608:10; 720:34
  • @ 1645 Poems of Mr. John Milton
    Scolar Press facsimile
  • @ 1645 Above, Joannis Miltoni, Londinesis Poemata
    (Copy of Latin poems in Queen's University, Belfast)
  • @ 1645 Tetrachordon
    Scolar Press facsimile
  • @ 1649 Articles of Peace
    Accession: 13413826 Early English Books, 782:27
  • @ 1649 Eikonoklastes
  • * 1649 Henry Lawrence, The History of Angells
    Milton assisted Laurence in the production of this work. Accession: 12933385 Early English Books, Reel 387:19 1650 ed. Accession: 14471598 Early English Books, Reel 1062:22
  • @ 1649 Parliamenti Angliae Declaratio
    (According to OCLC, this is attributed to Milton
    by W.T.A. Whitney in Baptist bibliography.)
    Listed in Stuart Tracts, vol. 35, no. 19
  • @ 1649 The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates
    Accession: 122961909 Early English Books, Reel 155:12
  • @ 1649 The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates
    2nd ed.
    Accession: 12354116 Early English Books, Reel 643:03
  • @ 1649? Eikon Basilike.
  • @ 1650 Eikonoklastes
  • enlarged ed. Scolar Press facsimile
    Accession: 12322155 Early English Books, Reel 1017:08
  • @ 1650 The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates
    2nd. ed.
    Scolar Press facsimile;
    Accession: 9924643 Early English Books, Reel 1364:02
    Accession: 12311382 Early English Books, Reel 922:09
    
  • @ 1650 Claude Salmasius, Defensio Regia
  • @ 1650 Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio
    Accession: 13312018 Early English Books, Reel 362:06 (Huntington.)
  • @ 1651 Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio Accession: 11792099 Early English Books, Reel 1488:33. (Harvard.)
    Accession: 12361245 Early English Books, Reel 643:02. (Huntington.)
    Accession: 18664202 Early English Books, Reel 1657:15. (Univ. of IL.)
    Accession: 12272840 Early English Books, Reel 1508:13. (Univ. of IL.)
    Accession: 11792110 Early English Books, Reel 1488:34. (Harvard.)
    Accession: 11792099 Early English Books, Reel 1488:33. (Harvard.)
    Accession: 18481481 Early English Books, Reel 1639:23 (Univ. of IL.)
    Accession: 10916539 Early English Books, Reel 542:01. (Bristol Public.)
    Accession: 12682445 Early English Books, Reel 1531:21. (Harvard.)
    
  • @ 1651 Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio
    2nd ed.
    Accession: 12877573 Early English Books, Reel 721:03
    "Editio emendatior" (Huntington Library.)
    
  • * 1651 The Life and Reigne of King Charls,
    or The Pseudo-Martyr
    Halkett and Laing attributed this to Milton.
    Accession: 12254737 Early English Books, Reel 155:09
  • * 1652 Carolus I. Britaniarum Rex,
    A Securi et Calamo Miltoni Vindicatus
  • @ 1652 Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio
    Accession: 12350625 Early English Books, Reel 893:12 (Union Theo. Sem.)
    Accession: 12272878 Early English Books, Reel 1508:14. (Univ. of IL.)
    
  • @ 1652 A Declaration of the Parliament
  • @ 1652 Joannis Philippi, Angli Responsio
    (No microfilm found)
  • @ 1652 Regii Sanguinis Clamor
    ed. by Alexander More, written by Pierre du Moulin
  • @ 1652 Scriptum Parliament Reipublicae
  • @ 1654 An Apology for Smectymnuus
    Includes errata
    Accession: 12321934 Early English Books, Reel 1017:07. (Cambridge.)
  • @ 1654 Joannis Miltoni, Angli Pro Popoluo Anglicano Defensio Secunda.
  • @ 1654 Joannis Miltoni, Defensio Secunda Pro Populo Anglicano
    According to OCLC, this is the 2nd edition of the Second Defense
    Accession: 7421716. No microfilm found.
  • @ 1655 A Declaration of His Highness
  • @ 1655 Joannis Miltoni Angli, Pro Se Defensio
    Accession: 18363092. No microfilm found. LEL microfiche
  • @ 1655-74?? De doctrina christiana. [Printed 1825, 1827. . .] Given the history of Milton scholarship,
    this tract should be included in the archive
    however the dispute over its authorship is ultimately decided.
  • @ 1655 Scriptum Dom. Protectoris
    Accession: 9523206 Early English Books, Reels 1253:27; 1328:33
    (Huntington.)
  • @ 1656 Literae ab Olivario Protectorae Angliae
  • @ 1657 A Book of the Continuation of Foreign Passages
  • * 1658 "To the Reader,"
    In The Cabinet Council ed. Milton
    Accession: 12381382 Early English Books, Reel 224:20. (Yale.)
  • @ 1658 Joannis Miltoni, Angli Pro Populo Anglicano rev. ed.
  • @ 1659 Considerations Touching. . . Hirelings
    Accession: 12254714 Early English Books, Reel 155:07.
  • @ 1659 A Treatise of Civil Power
  • Accession: 12254766 Early English Books, Reel 155:13. (Huntington.)
  • @ 1660 Brief Notes Upon a late Sermon Accession: 12073949 Early English Books, Reel 817:31. (Huntington.)
  • @ 1660 The Readie & Easie Way
  • @ 1660 The Readie and Easie way 2nd ed.
    Accession: 13442281 Early English Books, Reel 1552:30. (Harvard.)
  • * 1665 Manuscript of Paradise Lost, book I
    Facsimile ed. Darbishire
  • @ 1667 Paradise Lost, A Poem Written in Ten Books
    Accession: 12996936 Early English Books, Reel 391:11 (British Library.)
    Accession: 12156486 Early English Books, Reel 609:04.
    Accession: 12156478 Early English Books, Reel 609:05.
    Accession: 12156470 Early English Books, Reel 609:06.
    (The three entries above are at the Huntington Library.)
  • @ 1669 Accedence Comennc't Grammar
    Accession: 12254685 Early English Books, Reel 155:03. (Huntington.)
  • * 1669 Paradise Lost, A Poem in Ten Books.
    Accession: 12156446 Early English Books, Reel 609:07.
    Accession: 12156442 Early English Books, Reel 609:08.
    (Both originals above are at the Huntington Library.)
  • @ 1670 The History of Britain
    Accession: 12156552 Early English Books, 609:03. (Huntington.)
  • @ 1671 Paradise Regained. A Poem in IV Books. . . Samson Agonistes.
    Accession: 12180374 Early English Books, Reel 610:02. (Huntington.)
  • 1671 With above, Samson Agonistes
    Accession: 12180374 Early English Books, Reel 610:02.
  • @ 1671 The History of Britain
    Accession: 13033196 Early English Books, Reel 745:12 (Huntington) vvvv
  • @ 1672 Joannis Miltoni, Angli, Artis Logicae
    Accession: 12782627 Early English Books, Reel 699:14 (Huntington)
  • @ 1673 Joannis Miltoni, Angli, Artis Logicae
    Accession: 14960680 Early English Books, Reel 1575:12. (Harvard.)
  • @ 1673 Of True Religion
    Accession: 11982847 Early English Books, Reel 817:33. (Huntington.)
  • @ 1673 Poems, & Upon Several Occasions
    2nd. of some, w/additions
    Accession: 24114767 Early English Books, Reel 1707:08. (Univ. of IL.)
    Accession: 12363811 Early English Books, Reel 643:01. (Huntington.)
    Partially censored edition.
  • * 1674 A Declaration of,
    Letters Patents of the Election of this Present King of Poland
    Accession: 11742280 Early English Books, Reel 1422:03
  • @ 1674 Joannis Miltoni, Angli, Epistolarum Familiarium
    Accession: 12156503 Early English Books, Reel 609:02. (Huntington.)
    Accession: 18081486 LEL microfiche.
  • @ 1674 Paradise Lost in Twelve Books.
    Accession: 12156434 Early English Books, 609:09. (Huntington.)

  John Milton died

  • @ 1675 Skinner MS of transcription of state papers in PRO
  • * 1675 Paradise Lost in Twelve Books
    2nd ed.
  • @ 1676 Literae Pseudo-senatus Anglicani, Cromwelli ...
    Accession: 11859119 Early English Books, 502:4
  • @ 1677 The History of Britain
    2nd ed.
    Accession: 13033187 Early English Books, Reel 745:13. (Huntington.)
  • @ 1678 The History of Britain
    2nd ed.
    Accession: 12682391 Early English Books, Reel 1531:20. (Harvard.)
  • * 1678 Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books 3rd ed.
    Accession: 12351089 Early English Books, Reel 642:24. (Huntington.)
  • * 1680 Paradise Regained. . . Samson Agonistes 2nd ed.
    Accession: 12181279 Early English Books, Reel 610:03. (Huntington)
  • * ? 1680 A Supplement to Dr. Du Moulin "Treating the likeliest. . ."
    [Above]. . . Vindication of Rich. Baxter
  • * ? 1681 Mr. John Milton's Character of the Long Parliament??
    Attributed to Milton and James Tyrrell.
    Accession: 12254707 Early English Books, Reels 155:06; 1106:08 (Huntington Library; Union Theological Seminary.)
  • @ 1682 A Brief History of Moscovia Accession: 11824989 Early English Books, Reel 817:30. (Huntington.)
  • @ 1682 Milton's Republican-Letters. . . 1648. . . 1659 Accession: 24119285 Early English Books, Reel 1707:09. (UofIL)
  • @ 1686 Paradisus amissa, poema herocium Interesting translation into Latin
    in Harvard and NYPL
    but apparently not attributed directly to Milton himself
    (10 book edition)
    Accession: 11792074 Early English Books, Reel 1488:32. (Harvard.)
  • @ 1688 Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books
    4th ed.
    Accession: 12156426 Early English Books, Reel 609:10.
    Accession: 12951147 Early English Books, Reel 720:35.
    (Both above are in the Huntington Library.)
  • @ 1689 Pro Populo Adversus Tyrannos:
    or, The Sovereign Right and Power of the People Over Tyrants. . .
    With Some Reflections. (Version of the 1649 ed. of the Tenure)
    Accession: 12877588 Early English Books, Reel 721:02. (Huntington.)
  • * 1690 Eikonoklastes
    Accession: 12157556 Early English Books, Reel 609:01. (Huntington.)
  • @ 1690 William Hog, Paraphrasis Poetica in Tria Johannis Miltoni.
    (Latin translations of the two epics and Samson.)
    Accession: 12787635 Early English Books, Reel 699:16.
    (Cambridge University Library copy; truncated version at Univ. of IL.)
  • * 1691 Thomas Power, trans. Paradisi amissi, liber primus.
    Accession: Early English Books, Reel 1017:09.
  • * 1691 Paradise Lost. A poem in Twelve Books
    5th ed.
    Accession: 24114271 Early English Books, 1707:07. (Harvard.)
  • @ 1691 Anthony a Wood, "John Milton," from Fasti Oxoniensis
  • @ 1692 A defence of the People of England,
    trans. Joseph Washington.
    Accession: 12996889 Early English Books, Reel 391:10 (Union Theo. Sem.)
    Accession: 18081457. LEL microfiche
  • * 1692 Paradise Lost, a Poem in Twelve Books
    5th ed.
    Accession: 12181287 Early English Books, Reel 610:01. (Huntington.)
  • @ 1694 Letters of State trans. Edward Phillips
    includes The Life of John Milton, and some Sonnets.
    Accession: 12376519 Early English Books, Reel 922:08 (Union Theo. Sem.)
  • @ 1694 Above, The Life of John Milton
  • @ 1694 Lusus Amatorius. . .
    This apparently includes fragments of PL
    translated by Charles Blake
    Accession: 15682774. Early English Books, Reel 1708:02. (Univ. of IL.)
  • @ 1694 Paraphrasis Latina in duo poemata
    An edition of "Lycidas"
    Accession: 22424626. Early English Books, Reel 1552:29. (Harvard.)
    * 1695 A Defence of the People of England.
    Accession: 12682304. Early English Books, Reel 1531:19. (Harvard.)
    * 1695 The History of Britain
    3rd ed.
    Accession: 18182490 Early English Books, Reel 1128:05. (Huntington.)
    Accession: 13442144 Early English Books, Reel 1552:28. (Harvard.)
  • * 1695 Poems Upon Several Occasions Folio 3rd ed.
    Accession: 12185290 Early English Books, Reel 610:05. (Huntington.)
  • @ 1695 The Poetical Works of John Milton
    Annotated by Patrick Hume
    Accession: 12254743 Early English Books, Reel 155:10; 721:01. (Yale)
  • * ? 1696 Foedus Anglicum, treaty with Sweden by Milton?
  • * ? 1697 The Works of Mr. John Milton English prose only
    Accession: 12165282 Early English Books, Reel 111:14. (Yale)
  • @ 1698 Comoedia Joannis Miltoni
    translation of Comus
    Accession: 12073881 Early English Books, Reel 817:32. (Huntington.)
  • @ 1698 A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political,
    and Miscellaneous works of John Milton, Both English and Latin. . .
    Life of the Author attributed to John Toland. . .
    it includes an augmented (and apparently suspect) version of
    The History of Britain.
    Accession: 12171854 Early English Books, Reel 112.01. (Yale)
  • @ 1698 Above, volume 3, Joannis Miltoni, Opera Omnia Latina.
  • @ 1698 John Toland's The Life of John Milton
    There is a facsimile in Two Early Lives of Milton
    ed. William H. Hume
    Western Reserve University Bulletin 26 (August 1924): 1-86
  • * 1699 John Hopkins, Milton's Paradise Lost Imitated in Rhyme
    Accession: 12176805 Early English Books, 107:11.
  • @ 1699 John Toland's Amyntor.

  Eighteenth Century

  • @ 1700 Oliver Cromwell's Letters to Foreign Princes
    trans. by Edward Phillips
    with an appendix, pages 46-48, on Milton's contribution
  • * pre-1700 John Milton, An Englishman, His Defence
    Anonymous English translation in MS
    different from Joseph Washington's
    in Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand.
  • * 1702 Paradisus amissa
    Translation by C. Bold. Several later editions.
    Accession: 5680668 Library of Congress microfilm
  • @ Joseph Addison
    Notes Upon the Twelve Books of Paradise Lost (London: 1719)
  • @ 1725 Elijah Fenton, "The Life of John Milton"
    There is a facsimile in Two Early Lives of Milton
    ed. William H. Hume
    Western Reserve University Bulletin 26 (August 1924): 87-94.
  • @ 1732 Richard Bentley
    Dr. Bentley's Emendations of the twelve books of Paradise Lost.
    Accession: 4177983 UMI microfilm, 1978.
  • @ 1732 Zachary Pierce
    A review of the text of Milton's Paradise Lost, in which
    the chief of Bentley's emendations are considered. . .
    Accession: 3760238 UMI microfilm, 1977.
    Accession: 66651802 UMI microfilm, 1979.
    Accession: 17414959 LEL microfiche, 11353.
  • @ 1734 Jonathan Richardson
    Explanatory notes and remarks on Milton's Paradise Lost.
    Accession: 17638768 LEL microfiche 10168.
    Accession: 633494 AMS Press reprint hardbound, 1973.
    Accession: 140340 Garland reprint, 1970.
  • @ 1738 Thomas Birch
    prefixed a life of Milton to his edition of the prose
  • 1740 Francis Peck
    New Memoirs of the life and poetical works of John Milton
    1740
    Accession: 6740118 UMI microfilm, 1979.
    Accession: 17407199 LEL microfiche 10150.
    
  • * 1741, 1744 Joannis Miltoni Paradissus Amissus, latine redditus
    Accession: 100476629.
  • @ 1749 Paradise Lost
    ed. Thomas Newton
    This includes a composite life of Milton
    taken from Phillips, Toland, Bayle, Fenton, Richardson and Birch
  • * 1750 Paradisus Amissi
    Translation of Wm. Dobson.
  • @ 1752 Milton's Paradise Lost: a poem. . .
    with notes. . .from Dr. Bentley,
    Dr. Pearce, Richardson and son, Addison, Patterson, Newton,
    and other authors
    Also incdes "The life of John Milton." by Elijah Fenton
  • * 1768 Neandri Academici Roboret
    Lapsus protparentum ex poemate Miltoni. . .
    (Translation of Books I-VI attributed to Ludwig Bertrand Neumann)
    Accession: 21258642.
  • * 1773 Zachary Pearce
  • A Review of the Text of . . . PL.
    Accession: 14455071 Princeton University microfilm
  • * 1773 Jonathan Richardson, The Works.
    Accession: 32670225 Eighteenth-century Sources, Keswick, Va.
    Micrographics, microfilm No. 948.
    Accession: 88815 1969 G. Olms Verlag
    (hardbound reprint from Hildesheim.)
    
  • @ 1779?? Samuel Johnson, "The Life of Mr. John Milton"
  • * 1790 John Jortin, "Remarks on Milton," In Lusus Poeticae.
    LEL microfiche, 21861-62
  • * 1792-1793 Capel Lofft's edition of PL.
  • @ 1796 William Hayley The Life of John Milton
    2nd ed.
    Facsimile by Joseph Antony Wittreich
    (Gainesville, Fla.: Scholar's Facsimiles & Reprints, 1970). 328p.

  Nineteenth Century

  • @ 1801 Rev. Henry John Todd
  • The Life of John Milton prefixed to Milton's works
  • * 1805 Seymour, E.H. Remarks, critical, conjectural, and explanatory. . .
    Eighteenth Century Sources for the Study of English Literature,
    Reel 311, item 1. Keswick, Va. 1980
    Another microfilm owned by Nat'l Cash Register Corp.
    UmF microfilm, PCMI collection: 000200
  • @ 1809 Henry John Todd, The Life of John Milton
    2nd ed.
  • @ 1825 and 1827 On Christian Doctrine
    trans. Charles Richard Sumner
    (Often reprinted, no microfilm found)
  • * 1825 Milton, Not Milton
    by Bishop Thomas Burgess
    Rediscovered by Professor William Hunter
    On authorship of De Doctrina.
  • @ 1826 Rev. Henry John Todd
    The Life of John Milton
    3rd. ed.
  • * 1829 Milton's Familiar Letters
    (Philadelphia: E. Littel, 1829) 120p.
  • * 1832 Edward Greswell, trans.
    Joannis Miltoni Fabulae Samson Agonistes, et Comus.
    Accession: 13588896.
  • * 1875 John W. Hales, editor
    Aeropagitica - with introduction and notes ...
    1892
  • * 1879 |Sprague, Homer Baxter (1829-1918)|, editor
    Milton's Paradise Lost - Book I and II |Sprague-lost|
    with notes ...
    1879
  • * 1879 |Sprague, Homer Baxter (1829-1918)|, editor
    Lycidas |sprague-lycidas|
    with notes ...
    1879

  Twentieth Century

  • * 1932 Private Correspondence and Academic Exercises
    Translations Of Milton's Prolusiones
    by E.M.W. Tillyard
    Folcroft Press Reprint in 1969. Uncertain copyright status
  • * 1932, 38 The Early Lives of Milton
    ed. Helen Darbishire
    Contains remarks attributed to John Aubrey, John Phillips,
    Anthony a Wood, Edward Phillips, John Toland, and Jonathan Richardson. Uncertain copyright status.

  Manuscripts Relating to John Milton

  • 1624 Prolusion, and a few Latin poems in MS
    in Longtown, Cumberland
    Facsimile edition, Camden society, 1876.
  • 1631 "An Epitaph on the Marchioness of Winchester"
    in MS in British Library.
  • 1631 Hobson poems in multiple MS.
  • 1633 MS of "On Time."
  • @ 1634 Trinity College, Cambridge MS. Holograph and scribal hands
    Facsimile by Wright in 1899; Scolar Press, 1972.
    • "Arcades"
    • "At a Solemn Music"
    • Letter to an unknown friend
    • "On Time"
    • "On Circumcision"
    • Sonnets 8, 9, 10. . .
    • "Comus" <;i>"Lycidas"
    • various plans
    • Sonnets 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 21, et alia.
  • 1634 Bridgewater MS of "A Maske. . . At Ludlow Castle."
  • 1635 Commonplace Book
    • 1876
      Facsimile, Camden Society

  Works about John Milton

  • Life - Masson
  • 1984
    Milton: A Bibliography For the Years 1624-1700
    John Shawcross
    Binghamton, N.Y.: MRTS