The Divine comedy of Dante Alighieri / tr. by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - complete in 3 volumes
1867, 1st edition. Boston : Ticknor and Fields. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth over bevelled boards. Spine replaced on volume 1; presentation inscription by Mrs. Elizabeth Jaaffe. Provenance; bookplate of Alma College, Calif. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains a particularly well-preserved set overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #307051
Contains notes and illustrative matter, in double columns. Each vol. is preceded by two of Longfellow's sonnets on translating the Divina commedia. Contents;
[1]. The vision of Hell -- [2]. The Purgatory -- [3]. The Paradise. Subjects; Dante Alighieri 1265-1321. Divina commedia. Italian poetry To 1400 ; Translations into English. Italian Poetry.
Translations. English Poetry.
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