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The Early Italian Poets from Ciullo D'Alcamo to Dante Alighieri (1100-1200-1300) in the Original Metres Together with Dante's Vita Nuova
by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel [ed. & transl.]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very good but rebound in modern red cloth with leather spine label, contents generally clean but with a few contemporary errant
- Seller
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Haddonfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1861. First Edition. Very good but rebound in modern red cloth with leather spine label, contents generally clean but with a few contemporary errant ink marks.. First Edition of Rossetti's first regularly published book, one of around 600 copies (and given institutional holdings, not likely too many remaining in private hands).
8vo. xxxvi, 464pp., bound without half-title or errata. Fennell 19; Fredeman 23.3; W.M. Rossetti 9; NCBEL III, 491; Ehrsam & Deily 219; Vaughan 11; Colbeck 4 (misnumbered pg. 252 for pg. 352, with cancel changes but pasting not visible likely due to rebind); Tinker 1810. This copy bears the small bookplate of noted Rossetti collector and MP, Percy Scawen Wyndham.
8vo. xxxvi, 464pp., bound without half-title or errata. Fennell 19; Fredeman 23.3; W.M. Rossetti 9; NCBEL III, 491; Ehrsam & Deily 219; Vaughan 11; Colbeck 4 (misnumbered pg. 252 for pg. 352, with cancel changes but pasting not visible likely due to rebind); Tinker 1810. This copy bears the small bookplate of noted Rossetti collector and MP, Percy Scawen Wyndham.
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- Bookseller
- Nelson Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 199
- Title
- The Early Italian Poets from Ciullo D'Alcamo to Dante Alighieri (1100-1200-1300) in the Original Metres Together with Dante's Vita Nuova
- Author
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel [ed. & transl.]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good but rebound in modern red cloth with leather spine label, contents generally clean but with a few contemporary errant
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1861
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Haddonfield, New Jersey
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