THE DIVINE COMEDY OF DANTE ALIGHIERI 1910 FINE LEATHER BINDING
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[ALIGHIERI, DANTE]. The Divine Comedy. London: George Bell & Sons, 1910.
Revised edition. Leather-bound. Hardcover. Octavo (165 x 120 mm.). Pp. xxii, 515. English text. Translated by the Rev. Henry Francis Cary. Revised with an Introduction by Marie-Louise Castle. With Chronological View of the Age of Dante Additional Notes, and Index. Exquisite contemporary full polished calf prize binding; spine gilt; boards with gilt borders; marbled page edges; marbled endpapers; half-title present; portrait frontispiece with original tissue-guard; extensive printed footnotes. Provenance: Oundle school prize plate to front pastedown. Condition: VERY GOOD. The covers are excellent with the hinges intact, and gilt remaining bright; although there is very light dulling to the spine. The textblock is fresh and clean, with some very light foxing restricted to initial and terminal leaves. A beautiful book.