The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri [6 Volumes]

translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

illustrated by John Flaxman 

Large Paper Edition, six volumes.  Boston & New York:  Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1906 

Hardback set is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Three-quarter leatherbound covers with marble paper panels and gilt ruling. 
• Boards show some wear, smudges, a ding to cover of Vol. 5, edgewear.  Corners are scuffed, with exposed board.  See photos.
• Spines have raised bands, gilt text and borders, and are bright with scuffing at ends.
• Bindings are strong.  
• Marble end papers/ pastedowns show little sign of age or wear.  
• Frontispieces are present in two states in each volume; uncolored plates have intact tissue guards.
• Illustrations are bright and clear.  
• Interiors are gently age-toned, exhibit marginal toning, scattered foxing.  See photos. 
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. 
• Text block edges have deckle fore and foot edges, gilt along head. 
• PS2025.0416

1294 pages. 7 1/4 x 10 3/8 inches

A handsome copy of The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, translated into English by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.  Complete in six volumes, this is number 542 of 650 copies of the Large Paper Edition, with all six frontispieces in two states -- hand-colored and black and white.  Bound by the Riverside Press in three-quarter dark brown morocco with marble paper and gilt titles and ruling, pastedowns and end papers to match.  Interior is toned, with some scattered foxing.

Line illustrations throughout the text are by John Flaxman.  Four of the frontispieces are paintings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti; the remaining two are paintings by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot and Pietro Senno.    

Limited edition of 650 copies, of which this is #542.  Printed at the Riverside Press during the tenure of Bruce Rogers. 

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