Shelfmark
Ie7.3.05 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Ie7.3.06 (Copy 2)
Author
Uniform title
[Inferno. English]
Title
The vision of Hell. By Dante Alighieri. Translated by the Rev. Henry Francis Cary, M.A., and illustrated with the designs of M. Gustave Doré..
Edition
New edition. With critical and explanatory notes, life of Dante, and chronology.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, MDCCCLXVI. [1866]
Physical description
xxiv, 184, [4] p., [1], 75 plates ; 38 cm.
Note
Each plate interleaved with sheet of thin paper containing printed description of illustration.
Note
Final four pages = advertisements.
Provenance
(Copy 1) Ms. note reading "College Reading Room from College Library May 1996".
Provenance
(Copy 2) Label on inner front cover, "Young's Library, 36 Kensington High St.".
Binding
(Copy 1) 19th-century sand-and-grain red cloth over ?millboards. Covers decorated with border with flower tools at the corners (black and gold on upper cover, blind-stamped on the lower cover); gilt titling in the middle of upper cover ("Dante's Inferno", "English text by Cary", "Illustrated by Gustave Doré"). Spine rounded, decorated with black-stamped tools and gilt titling. Textblock rounded and gilted. Endpapers of black and undecorated paper; one flyleaf at both ends of the textblock.
Binding
(Copy 2) ?19th-century red morocco over ?millboards. Covers decorated with gilt fillets to form a border and panel with tools at the inner and outer corners; gilt rolls on board edges and turn-ins. Spine with five raised bands, decorated with fillets, tools and titling ("Vision of hell -- Dante" ; "Illustrated by Gustave Doré"). Textblock trimmed and gilted. Endpapers of green marbled and undecorated paper; two flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 1) Previously DDl.2.07. No date on its title page.
Added entry--name
Cary, Henry Francis, 1772 - 1844 translator.
Added entry--name
Doré, Gustave, 1832 - 1883 illustrator.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng ita
Identifier
B16933