The Vision of Purgatory and Paradise
by ALIGHIERI, DANTE & DORE, M. GUSTAVE (Illus) & CARY, Rev. HENRY FRANCIS (Trans)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Cassell Petter & Galpin n/d (circa 19th century). COMPLETE AND WORTHY OF RESTORATION! Folio, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & black ink decoration to spine & front board, blind decorative stamp to rear board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 337pp, illus/plates, tatty (extremely heavy scuffing to spine & boards/extrems with heavy surface loss, boards v shaky, very heavy cracking to gutters, fep completely loose but present, moderate foxing & light creasing to pages throughout) please ask for photos, it's definitely a do-er upper but absolutely more beautiful & charming than it sounds in the description!
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- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books (NZ)
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- Title
- The Vision of Purgatory and Paradise
- Author
- ALIGHIERI, DANTE & DORE, M. GUSTAVE (Illus) & CARY, Rev. HENRY FRANCIS (Trans)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell Petter & Galpin n/d (circa 19th century)
- Keywords
- literature Dante Alighieri Gustave Dore illustrated verse Inferno purgatory paradise
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- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....