hey how's it going good i'd like to sell my copy of paradise lost
paradise lost yes sir you should check the lost and found man
i came to the pawn shop today they sell my paradise lost book i'd like to sell it
because it's way too heavy to keep around the house and moving around i'd like to get 500 for
it i think the least i'd probably take is 200. paradise lost yes sir where did you get this i
was driving home from work and i was stuck in traffic and instead of staying in traffic
i decided to pull up the highway i saw an auction going on so do you know anything
about this from what i've looked into it the illustrator is a pretty famous guy he did some
illustrations for paradise lost for dante's inferno for the bible his name is gustav dory
and some pretty pretty awesome pictures in there so what is the paradise lost it's a book of poems
about the fall of you know man with adam and eve and the battle between satan and god
this is probably the coolest engraving i've seen in the book so far we got a
satan here with adam and eve in the background oh yeah i never noticed them back there paradise loss
was written in the 17th century by an english poet john milton his poem about adam and eve and the
fall of man is considered one of the greatest works of literature in the english language
so saying he arose whom adam thus followed with benediction since to part go heavenly guest
ethereal messenger sent from whom the sovereign goddess i adore gentle to me and off to return
what do you think that means sounds like adam got a girl
um so how much did you want for it i was looking for about 500 for it you know if the book was in
good shape i could see a lot of money here but it is pretty rough because there's water damage
on this book the binding's screwed up but the engravings intrigue me yeah i mean engravings
are awesome let me have someone take a look at it okay i'll be right back all right great
i'm excited to see what the expert has to say about the book i know that the illustrator is
you know well known so i'm curious to see you know how that plays into things hey how's it going hey
rick nice to see you paradise loss is about two major events the war in heaven and the fall of
man and both of these concern the concept of free will it's probably safe to say that
this is the most important poem in the english language okay wow and john melton is someone
who ranks almost as important as shakespeare okay i like this quote right here the mind
is its own place and in itself can make a heaven of hell or a hell of heaven it's really beautiful
here's the thing about this book it is actually a first edition of sorts it is from the 1860s
but it's the first appearance of the gustav de rey illustrated paradise lost okay the
truth first came out in 1667 so this is much later obviously but gustav de rey was a really important
illustrator of the 19th century and he's collected on his own terms a really beautiful copy of this
in a really beautiful binding that didn't have these condition issues could be worth
up to about two thousand twenty five hundred wow okay in this condition you're looking at
four to five hundred dollars okay that's that's kind of what i was looking for
good thanks girl you're the best no problem jump all right
if rick does make a deal on this book i think you should look into getting it rebound or restored
somehow because that will add value to the book as a whole because the condition is so key
so how much you want for it well i mean she said four to five hundred so maybe 350 no no okay
did you look at the book i i see the book yes did you see the problems i do yes okay
um i'll give you 200 bucks it seems like there's a big base that you know would be
interested in at least the illustrations of it though can you do 275 i can give you 200 bucks
it's going to be a tough sell it's going to sit for a long time i want 250 for it
i'll go two and a quarter
all right i can do two and a quarter all right all right write them up jump
i mean overall i'm pretty happy with it i only paid 50 for it so i really can't
complain
you