The Divine comedy of Dante Alighieri / translated into English verse by Thomas William Parsons; with a preface by Charles Eliot Norton and a memorial sketch by Louise Imogen Guiney
1893, First Edition. Boston ; New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Co. Very good copy in maroon cloth over boards, slightly rubbed at the edges and shadow-stained to the front, with gilt-blocked spine title. Bookplate of the società letteraria italiana di Liverpool mounted on front pastedown. A well-preserved copy overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Several later signatures unread and unopened. Item #456210
Physical description; 353 pages ; 19 cm. Contents; Volume 1. Hell -- Volume 2. Purgatory -- Volume 3. Paradise. Subjects; Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321) - Translations into English, Epic poetry, Italian - Translations into English, Hell - Poetry, Purgatory - Poetry, Heaven - Poetry.
Price: €85.00