Dante, the wayfarer / by Christopher Hare
1905, 1st edition. London and New York : Harper & Brothers. Very good library copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Bookplates and/or library marks in prelims/title page, but the rest of text remains clear. Item #440219
Physical description; 354 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 32 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, portrait. Contents; The Florence of Dante -- Fellow citizens whom Dante met -- Travel in the Middle Ages -- The banished man -- Exiles in Arezzo -- Dante as Alpine climber -- Over the Muraglione Pass -- On the Æmilian Way -- The birds of Dante -- Padova la Forte and the Strada Romea -- In the Lunigiana -- The highway of the sea -- Mediæval Paris, in legend and story -- In the Casetino -- Henry, the beloved emperor: the hope of Italy -- Ruined hopes and wanderings forlorn -- With Can Grande in Verona -- Ravenna, the last refuge -- The pilgrim's goal. Subjects; Dante Alighieri 1265-1321 Travel. Dante Alighieri 1265-1321 Friends and associates. Dante Alighieri 1265-1321 Homes and haunts. Dante Alighieri 1265-1321 Journeys. Dante Alighieri 1265-1321 Contemporary Italy. Dante Alighieri Contemporary Italy. Italy Description and travel. Italian Literature.
Price: €65.00