L'Inferno di Dante Alighieri (signed and inscribed) Disposto in Ordine Grammaticale E Corredato di Brevi Dichiarazioni
by Vernon, G.G. Warren Lord
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cape Town, South Africa
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About This Item
Tommaso e Guglielmo Boone, 1858 - 1865. 3 volumes bound in the original pebbled cloth boards with leather spines, quite worn but stable. Volume one signed and inscribed by William Rosetti - "WM Rosetti from Lord Vernon 1869" to the free end paper. William Michael Rosetti was brother of Dante Gabriel Rosetti and one of the founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. He became its unofficial organiser and bibliographer. He married Lucy Madox Brown, daughter of Ford Madox Brown and Pre-Raphaelite model. All plates, tables and maps present as called for. Page edges untrimmed. Foxing, mostly limited to the tissue guards and prelims. First edition Good to very good Hardcover
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quagga Books (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 302208
- Title
- L'Inferno di Dante Alighieri (signed and inscribed) Disposto in Ordine Grammaticale E Corredato di Brevi Dichiarazioni
- Author
- Vernon, G.G. Warren Lord
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Tommaso e Guglielmo Boone
- Date Published
- 1858 - 1865
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art etc. (International); Biographies;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Quagga Books
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Cape Town
About Quagga Books
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