Person
John Milton
- Events
- 1
- Episodes
- 3
- Years
- 1667
Every event in Historedia whose sources name John Milton, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.
Events and episodes
Contract for Publication of Paradise Lost
1667Role: Author and rights holder
- Stationers' Register Entry
Samuel Simmons registered Paradise Lost in the Stationers' register in 1667, marking his first independent publication entry.
- Sale of Publication Rights
Milton sold the rights to Paradise Lost to Simmons for £5 on 27 April 1667, with a bonus clause for sold-out print runs.
- First Edition Publication
The first quarto edition of Paradise Lost was published in August 1667 at a price of three shillings per copy.
- Stationers' Register Entry
Sources
- John Milton Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-22