Dante's Inferno
Bound in elaborate pictorial gilt decorated cloth, with gilt and embossed vignettes to covers and spine. Decorated endsheets. a.
n.d. ( c. 1885 ). · New York.
by (Gustave Dore) Alighieri, Dante
New York. Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. n.d. ( c. 1885 ). Bound in elaborate pictorial gilt decorated cloth, with gilt and embossed vignettes to covers and spine. Decorated endsheets. a.e.g. 4to. New Edition. Illustrated with engravings after drawings by Gustave Dore. Old spine crack professionally repaired with all signatures tight and firm. Front free endsheet creased. Small ink signature to flyleaf. One plate slightly trimmed. Minor foxing and soiling to prelims, else a Fine, crisp copy of this classic work. The brightest cover we've ever encountered. (Inventory #: 8454)