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Author: DANTE ALIGHIERI (Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow).Title: THE DIVINE COMEDY OF DANTE ALIGHIERI translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.Publisher: London, George Routledge & Sons, 1902.Language: Text in EnglishSize: 8" X 6.5".Pages: 760 pages with index.Binding: Attractive, scarce, and fine hand-painted vellum binding finely bound and illuminated by the Giannini Family (hinges fine, original leather ties overall worn and scuffed - as shown, one tie repaired by a previous owner - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. An exquisite hand-painted binding! Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing - as shown, ex-libris of Alice & Georg Waetjen from an original etching by Proch and printed by O. Felsing of Berlin on the first endpaper - as shown, small bookseller stamp from Brentano's on the last endpaper - as shown).Illustrations: Complete with the frontispiece portrait of Henry W. Longfellow.****
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