The front matter basically includes everything from the front cover, to the start of the body of the book (the actual story content). The cover for this edition isn't much visually: red leather with gilt title lettering. The feel and smell of it, on the other hand, is incredible and also with real weight when you hold it.
I'll certainly put together an ebook version of the project once it's complete, but I think I'd like to see what it would take to release a hardcover version of a similar size to the edition it's based on. I can't imagine that'll be cheap, but I can investigate further when we get there.
My cover is a tad more colourful, and the main image was generated from a relatively simple prompt, but with a lot of regeneration until I felt happy about it. I kept with the gilt lettering as a connecting factor because it works, and I've been eager to use the technique in anger since figuring it out and discovering that it didn't work at all for the project I originally developed it for. My Photoshop skills aren't the best, so I'm still happy with the small victories!
Note that I haven't recreated the author and title pages as yet. For the author page I think I'll use the same image, although trying to create Milton's portrait in Midjourney could be an interesting challenge. For the title page I think I'm going to replicate it 'as is', but obviously cleaned up quite a bit.
I'll confess that I was tempted to not transcribe the List of Subscribers, as as the OCR did most of the heavy lifting I started a clean-up pass and it didn't take as long as I feared, although trying to maintain the original spelling caused Word's spell checking to throw a minor fit. Which raises an interesting question, for the final version do I keep the 18th century text, or modernise it? Feel free to comment below if you have an opinion.
The List of Subscribers turned out to be interesting in its own right. Books weren't cheap, especially larger tomes like this, so it makes sense that it was either crowdfunded or subscribed to in advance. Running through the names and places also held my curiosity simply from observing the different names, and changes in placenames too. I'd also like to imagine that at some stage, someone investigating a person from history could connect them to someone listed here. That would be kinda cool :-)
1794 Edition Front Matter Transcription
Note that only the List of Subscribers is transcribed. Source files for the text (in DOCX, PDF and TXT formats) and scanned images have been uploaded and can be accessed here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xXphioGNdgSRq2XQQTg6aSTJaiZx-ayT?usp=sharing
LIST OF THE SUBSCRIBERS,
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS GEORGE PRINCE OF WALES.
A
The Rt. Hon. Henry Addington, Speaker of the House of Commons
Mr. E. Allen, Frith-street
Miss M. Aynscombe, Mortlake
Mr. Adensted, Stanhope-street
Mr. Aspinal, Norfolk-street
Mr. Arrundell, Great Windmill-street
Major Auften, Parliament-street
Mess. Artaria, and Co. Vienna, 7 copies
Mr. Arglers, Borough
Mr. Amery, Bedford-street, Covent-garden
Mr. Agar, Artillery-place
B
The Earl of Beverley
Atkinson Bush, Esq. Great Ormond-street
W. P. Baker, Esq. Portman-square
Abm. Bracebridge, Esq. Warwickshire
The Rev. Dr. Barrow, Soho-square
Mr. J. Boult, Bank
Mr. Bainbrldge, Strand
Mrs. Brodie
Mrs. Bernard, Richmond
Mr. Bel.*bur, Highgate
Mr. J. Batson, Stamford
Alderman Boydell
Mr. J. Boddy, Phccr.lx Fire-office
F. Bartolozzi, Esq. R. A.
Mr. S. Brookes, Strand
Mr. Bourne, St. Clement's Church Yard
John Bayne, Esq. Kensington
Peter Blackburn, Esq. Ramsgate
Suffield Brown, Esq. Leesthorpe, Leicestershire
A. W. Bellairs, Esq. Stamford
Miss Buckworth, ditto
James Barratty, Esq. Gracechurch-street
Mr. Barrett, Clement's-lane
Dr. Bates, Red Lion-square
Mrs. Buxton, Mortimer-street
Richard Barwell, Esq. St. James's-square
The Rev. Mr. Betham, Stonhall, Suffolk
Colonel Barry, Great Ryder-street
C,
Lord Viscount Courtenay
Earl Cholmondeley
The Most Noble Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Chandos
The Marquis del Campo
The Bishop of Clonfort '
Field Marshal Conway, Soho-square
Prince de Castelcicala
Mr. Compton, Buckingham-house, 6 copies
Mess. Colnaghi and Co. Pall Mall, 7 copies
Wm. Cruikshank, Esq. Leicester-square
The College Library, Cambridge
John Collick, Esq. St. Martin's-lane
Mr. P. Contencin, Pownal Terrace
Mr. Callendar, Frith-street
J. R. Cocker, Esq. Nassau-street
B. C. Cocker, Esq. ditto
J. Clarke, Esq. Bulwick, Northamptonshire
Mr. Richard Cooke, Stamford
Mr. B. Christian, Burgliley, Northamptonshire,
Mr. Cramphorne
Mr. Cooke, Portland road
The Rev. Mr. Carey, Stamford
John Crawley, Esq. Stockwood, Bedfordshire
Mrs. Caslon, Chiswell street
John Clarke, Esq. Walton-place, Northamptonshire
Mr. Cline, St. Mary -axe
Mr. H. Church, Devonshire-street
Mr. Carr, Cornhill
Wm. Caulier, Esq, Stepney
Mr. Clarkson, Essex-street
Capt. Carruthers
Mr. Clarke, Bond-street
J. Carbonell, Esq. Hinde-street
Crawford, Esq. Kensington
LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.
Mr, Samuel Chase, Luton, Bedfordshire
Jolin Clark, Esq. St. Martin's, Stamford
D.
His Grace the Duke of Dorset
Lady Jane Dundas
The Earl of Darnley
Lady Charlotte Denys
The Hon. Mrs. Darner, Sackville-street
WM. Douglas, Esq. Teddington, Middlesex
The Rev. Wm. Daking
Dickingson, Esq. Lower Seymour-street
Mr. C. Dibdin, Strand
Samuel Day, Esq. Hill-street
Mr. Wm. Davis, Carey-street
Miss Denshire, Stamford
Mr. Dowderwell, Market-court
John Devall, Esq.
Mr. Diemar, Strand
E.
The Earl of Exeter, 2 copies
Lord Eardley
Lord Elcho
Sir Henry Englefield, Bart. Tilney street
Henry Eggers, Esq. Woodford
G. A. Ernst, Esq. Green Lettice-lane
Edge, Esq. Temple
Mr. Everingham, Oxford-road
Miss Edwards, Ketton, Rutland
Earle, Esq. Hanover-square
Mr. Edwards, St. James's- street
Mr. T. Edwards, Cross-street, Hatton-garden
Messrs. Eckhardt, Bond-street
F.
Earl Fitzwllliam
I.ady Henry Fitzgerald
Sir Samuel Fludyer, Bart. Uffington, near Stamford
Mr. Fryer, Stamford
Mr. Forrest, Temple Forbes,. Esq. Nassau-street
Mr. Fell, St. Martin's-lane
Mr. P. Frost, Pepper-office
J. Forbes, Esq. Stanmore-hill
Mr. French, jun. Oxendon-street
G.
Her Royal Highness Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester
Earl Grosvenor
The Earl of Gainsborough, Exton, r. ear Stamford
Mr. Gandon, Bank
Mr. T. Gayfere, jun. Ablngdon-street
Wm. Garrow, Esq. Temple
Mr. Gruiber
Mr. Graham, Charles-street, Westminster
Mrs. Grant, Portman-square
Mr. F. Gardner, Birchin-lane
Mr. Groves, Crown-court
H.
Lord Howard
Sir Robert Herries, St. James's-street
Warren Hastings, Esq. Park-lane
H. Holland, Esq. Architeft to H. R. H, the Prince of Wales
Major Wm. Tooke Harwood, Wood Norton, Norfolk
Lieut. Hughes, Royal Navy
Mr. Harman, Jermyn street
Mr. C. Hayter, Rathbone-place
Mr. R. Higs, Gray's-Inn-lane
Mr. Wm. Hopkins, Greek-street
The Rev. Mr. Harris, Exton, Rutland
The Rev. Mr. Hopkinson, Overton, Rutland
Mr. Hamoir, Sloane-street
Mr. Harris, St. Clement's Church Yard
Charles Hatchett, jun. Esq. Long-acre
Mr. Hinton, Gerrard-street
Mr. Harvey, St. Martin's-lane
Wm. Hayley, Esq.
J. Hurst, Esq, Stamford
Mrs. Heseltine, Doctor's Commons
Mr. Heseltine, jun. Doftor's Commons
Mrs. Charles Hastings, Feltham-place
Mr. Harper, Jerusalem Coffee-house
Geo. Hartshorne, Esq. Dorrington-street
Mr. H. Hole
I & J.
The Hon. St. A. St. John, M. P.
J. Ibbetson, Esq. New-street, Spring-gardens
Mr. Wm. Jackson, Stamford, Lincolnshire
The Rev. Dr. Jenkin, Ufford, near Stamford
Jos. Jackson, Esq. Baker-street
Johnson, Esq. Congleton
Mr. Thomas Jeffryes, Great East-Cheap
LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.
Edward Johnson, Esq. Mile-End
--- Ingram, Esq.
K.
Mr. Kelk, Compton-street
Mr. Kennion, Charlotte-street
L.
The Hon. Colonel Leslie, 1st Guards, Little Ryder-street
The Rev. Dr. Layard, Castle-street
Mr. Lepard, Newgate-street
Mr. Legge, Stamford, Lincolnshire
—— Leverton, Esq. Penrim
Dr. Lyon, Bartlet's-buildings
The Rev. Mr. Lucas, Casterton, Rutland
Mr. Wm. Langdale, Red Lion-street
John Latouche, Esq. Dublin
Lowden, Esq. Temple
Capt. John Lambe
M.
Her Grace the Duchess of Montrose
Earl Moira
Lady Eliz. Moncrieffe, Stamford
William Maxwell, Esq. Carriden, County of
Linlithgow
P. Muriel, Esq. Ely
P. Methuen, Esq. Lower Grosvenor-street
T. Mathias, Esq. Scotland-yard
J. Martindale, Esq.
Major Metcalfe, Portland-pl.ice
George Martin, Esq. Gracechurch-street
M. Mitchell, Esq. Beaufort-buildings
Miss Monckton, Fineshade, Northamptonshire
Mr. Marriott, Lamb's Conduit-street
Mr. Thomas Marston, ditto
Mr. H. Morreau, Lambeth Terrace
Mr. Maud, St. Clement's Church-yard
Mr. H Mist, Long-acre
Mr. Middleditch, Great Newport-street
Mr. Marshall, ditto
Charles Mainwaring, Esq. Lincoln
Mr. B. Miller, Bank
Wm. Moffat, Esq. Queen-square
N.
Samuel Nicholls, Esq. Russell-place
J. Nicolay, Esq. St. James's-palace
Mr. M Nair, Glasgow
Mr. G. Nixon, Hatton garden
Dr. Nisbett, Great Marlborough-street
Mr. Neeld, Norfolk- street
Mr. Nouge
Mr. Newcombe, Pall-mall
P.
Earl of Pomfret
The Honorable George Pitt
Petrie, Esq. Portland-place
R. C. Paul, Esq. Great Ormond-street
Charles Piggott, Esq. Lincoln's-Inn
The Rev. Mr. Parker, Brentford
Mr. Penfold, Castle-street, falcon-square
Mrs. Pearson
Mr. George Prince, Arundel street
Prevost, Esq. Red Lion-square
Mr. J. G. Perry, Oxford-road
Geo. Pocock, Esq. Great George-street
Mr. Parker, Fleet-street
Mr. S. Petit, Bank
Mr. G. Pettitt, Brewer-street
Mr. Purripont, Stamford
Mr. Parbury, Holborn
Mr. Place, Southampton
Mrs. Pyke, Luton, Bedfordshire
Mr. Pearkes, Richmond-buildings
R.
Her Grace the Duchess of Rutland
His Grace the Duke of Roxburgh
The Earl of Radnor
The Marchioness of Rockingham
Lady Rich
Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart. Portland-place
George Romney, Esq. Cavendish-square
Mr. R. N. Richardson, Stratfield, Hants
Mr. Railton, Cheapside
Mr. Rankin, ditto
Mr. Rogers, King-street, Westminster
S.
The Most Noble the Marquis of Salisbury
The Marchioness of Stafford
The Earl of Shaftsbury
Earl Stanhope
Sir John Smith, Bart. Sydling, Dorsetshire
Sir John Skynner, George-street
LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.
Sackville, Esq. St. James's-street
G. G. Stonestreet, Esq. Phoenix Fire-office
Jos. Sales, Esq. Gower-street
Geo. Steuart, Esq. Upper Harley-street
Scrope, Esq. Bath
Major Scott
Flint Stacey, Esq. Maidstone
Wm. Sharp, Esq. Winchester-street
Capt. Shaw, Sloane-street
H. C. Selby, Esq. Northumberland-house
Mr. Spilsbury, Snow-hill
Mr. J. S. Spilsbury, Lombard- street
Mr. Swainson, Frith-street
Mr. Stanger, St. James's-street
Mr. Smith, Newgate-street, 2 copies
Mr. Smith, Charlotte street
Mr. T. P. Stead, Bank
Mr. Suett, Drury-lane Theatre
Wm. Symes, Esq. Ufford, near Stamford
Mr. Shoute, Holborn
Mr. C. Steer, Church-street, Spitalficlds
Henry Strachcy, Esq. Hill-street
Mr. W. Scrooby, Catherine-street
Mr. Simpson, St. Paul's Church-yard
Mr. Stockwell, Crutched- friars
The Rev. Mr. Skynner, Easton, near Stamford
Mr. James Lumsden Sherriff, Deptford
T.
Charles Townley, Esq. Park-street
Colonel Treen
J. H. Tooke, Esq. Wimbledon
T. Turner, Esq. Caughley-hall, Salop
John Travers, Esq. Crutched-friars
Mrs, Thomas, Lindhurst, Hants
Mr. Thomas Taylor, Red Lion-street
Mr. Taylor, Bond-street
Mr. Taylor, Grosvenor street
Mr. Tregent, Leicester-square
Miss Thompson, Stamford
Mr. Thompson, Strand, 2 copies
U & V.
Thomas Vaughan, Esq. Suffolk-street
The Hon. G. Villiers, Upper Grosvenor-street
Felix Vaughan, Esq. Essex-street
W.
The Earl of Wemyss
The Earl of Warwick
Lord Wycombe
Sir John Wodehouse, Bart.
Benj. Weft, Esq. R. A. President of the Royal
Academy
George Wrighte, Esq. Gayhurst
Mr. J. Walter, Charing-cross
Jos. Wyndham, Esq. Portland-place
William Willis, Esq. Chatham-place
S. Weltje, Esq. Hammersmith
George Wye, Esq. Red Lion-square
Mr. Winnock, St. James's street
Mr. E. White, jun. New London-street
Mr. Gabriel Wirgman, Denmark-street
Mr. Wellington, Crown-court
Mrs. Willan, Mary-le-bonne Park
Dr. J. Willis, Greatford, near Stamford
J. Wingfield, Esq. Tickencote, near Stamford
Mr. Woodroffe, Stamford
Mr. Wakelin, Panton-street
Mr. F. Willatts, Brewer-street
Mr. E. Waters, Edgware-road
Mr. T. Wood, jun. Sloane-square
Mr. Warren, Little Newport-street
Jacob Wilkingson, Esq. Bath
Mr. Whately, King-street, Covcnt-garden
Walker, Esq. Conduit-street
Mr. Whitaker, Castle-street
Walker, Esq. King-street, Golden-square
Wills, Esq. Harley-street
The Rev. Mr. Wheeldon
Mr. West, 2 copies
The Rev. Mr. Wight, Bridewell Hospital
The Rev. Mr. Williams, Chelsea
Walker, Esq. Rotheram, Yorkshire
Capt. Williams, Howland-street
George Wilson, Esq. Bedford-street
Y.
John Yenn, Esq. R, A. Treasurer of the Royal Academy
Mr. Yate, Borough
1794 Edition Front Matter Scans
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| Front Cover |
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| Inner Front Cover There may be a proper name for this! It's a bold eye-catching pattern, and one easily distinguishing feature when comparing similar editions. |
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| Author Page Simple and elegant, although lacking in information about John Milton - something I'm likely to change in my final version |
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| Title Page Again, simple and elegant. I'll follow suit for my final version. |
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| Dedication Page We're starting to get a bit more flamboyant now, but that's probably more due to the patron's status. |
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| List of Subscribers (1) As already noted this is an interesting feature. If there is a hardcover version then it'll likely need some backing, so new versions of these pages will be needed. |
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| List of Subscribers (2) |
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| List of Subscribers (3) |
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| List of Subscribers (4) |
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