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edit| The Comedy of Dante Allighieri | ||||
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Rossetti, Dante G, designer |
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| Author |
Dante Alighieri |
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| Title |
The Comedy of Dante Allighieri |
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| Description |
Style: Presentation; Caption: Lower cover; Colour: Black; Edge: Unspecified |
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| Date | Binding: 19c | |||
| Medium | Decorative Technique: Blocked in gold; Cover Material: Cloth, binders | |||
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Shelfmark: c116b9 |
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| Place of creation | Binding: England | |||
| Object history | Text: 1865; London; Morris, William | |||
| Notes | With an autograph dedication from William M. Rossetti to William Morris. For another binding (not digitised) designed by Rosetti, see C194a418 (restricted). [3],xxxi,248p. London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co. London: R. Clay, Son and Taylor, Printers, Bread Street Hill. 112x177x26mm. Dark green endpapers and pastedowns. Binder's ticket on lower pastedown: "/ Bound by/ Burn/ 37 & 38/ Kirby St./". Written on the upper endpaper verso: ""/ Wm. Morris/ With the affectionate regard of/ W.M. Rossetti./" Black ungrained cloth. The lower cover has a central circle formed by a single gold fillet, with flames blocked within it. The upper cover has a circle on each corner, each formed by a single gold fillet. Each has a Greek Alpha and Omega blocked within it. The central Square is formed by a single gold fillet. Inside, three circles are blocked, each formed by single gold fillets. Stars and flames are blocked in gold within and between the circles. The spine is blocked in gold. At the head the title: "/ Dante's Comedy/ Hell/" is blocked between three gold fillets. At the tail, the date: "/ 1865./" is blocked between two gold fillets. This copy was purchased 8 July 1939. The copyright copy is at BL 11421.bb.16, date stamped: 4 M[ARC]H [18]65. The original upper and lower covers are used as doublures. Cover size: 102x165mm. | |||
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Barber, Giles. Rossetti, Ricketts, and Some English Publishers’ Bindings of the Nineties. In: The Library. 5th series.1970, p.316. William Rossetti states that this was the first binding design of Dante Rossetti. |
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