Historedia
Person

Samuel Simmons

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1667

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Samuel Simmons, 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

  1. Contract for Publication of Paradise Lost

    1667

    Role: Publisher and printer

    1. 1667 · LondonStationers' Register Entry

      Samuel Simmons registered Paradise Lost in the Stationers' register in 1667, marking his first independent publication entry.

    2. 27 April 1667 · LondonSale 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.

    3. August 1667 · LondonFirst Edition Publication

      The first quarto edition of Paradise Lost was published in August 1667 at a price of three shillings per copy.

Sources

  1. Samuel Simmons (printer) Wikipedia, revision of 2025-08-11