Lhh.2.51
[Divina commedia. Purgatorio. English & Italian]
The purgatorio of Dante Alghieri.
The Temple classics
London : Published by J. M. Dent & Co., Aldine House, London, W.C., MCMIX [1909].
[4], 442p, [1] leaf of plates : ill., maps, ports.., ; 15cm.
(The Temple classics)
Italian and English parallel texts.
"The present edition of the Purgatorio ... has been edited by Mr. H. Oelsner ... who is responsible for the Italian text (based on the editions of Witte, Moore and Casini) and for the notes at the end of each canto. The English version is by Mr. Thomas Okey ... The arguments have been written by the Rev. Philip H. Wicksteed, M.A., who has also contributed the matter on pages 432-437 ... and by whom most of the diagrams have ... been designed" - p. 439.
With a series title-page.
Includes index to illustrations.
Includes editor's note and translator's note.
Publisher's green synthetic binding with lettering and decoration stamped in gold on spine and device stamped in gold on front cover.
Loose ms. letter to Siegfried Sassoon from Lady Ottoline Morrell in vol one of the same series (shelfmark: Lhh.2.50).
Ms. inscription: "Siegfried [Sassoon], from Ottoline [Morrell]. 1917. June" in vol one of the same series (shelfmark: Lhh.2.50).
Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886 - 1967 former owner.
England London.
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B23096