Stories From The Italian Poets: With Lives Of The Writers
by Hunt, Leigh
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Contemporary brown polished calf. Teg. Very good/Near fine. 2 Vols
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Chapman And Hall, 1846. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary brown polished calf. Teg. Very good/Near fine. 2 Vols. 415, 515 pages. 19 x 12.5 cm. Commentary on Dante, Bolardo, Ariosto, Tasso, et al. Clean, fresh copy, raised bands, double gilt cover panels, spine panels richly decorated win floral motifs, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, nicks to backstrip heads.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23684
- Title
- Stories From The Italian Poets: With Lives Of The Writers
- Author
- Hunt, Leigh
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary brown polished calf. Teg. Very good/Near fine. 2 Vols
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Chapman And Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1846
- Keywords
- Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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ardsley, New York
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- Calf
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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