Shelfmark
Loo.1.14
Author
Uniform title
[The divine comedy]
Title
La divina commedia / di Dante Alighieri.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Venezia : Gaspari Tipografo, 1827.
Physical description
xxxii, 614p, [2] leaves of plates (folded) : ill., 1 port. ; 13cm.
Note
"Edizione formata sopra quella di Comino del 1727" - title-page.
Note
Ms. previous shelfmarks in pencil.
Provenance
Two loose ms. letters (one date 1933-07-22) to the Provost (M. R. James) from Sybil Grant gifting this book to Eton College after her father, Lord Rosebery's death.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Lord Rosebery.
Provenance
Loose ms. letter (dated 1898-10-17) to Lord Rosebery from Herbert Gladstone gifting him this book after his father, W. E. Gladstone's death.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of W. E. Gladstone.
Provenance
Ms. extensive annotations in pencil throughout text in W. E. Gladstone's hand.
Provenance
Ms. inscription: "Robert Phillimore, Rome 1839. D.C.L.".
Binding
19h century green morocco quarter-binding with marbled paper boards, edges, and endpapers ; gilt lettering on spine ; covered in paper and green cloth ; housed in [?]20th century red morocco box with gilt lettering.
Subject
Hell.
Subject
Future life.
Subject
Heaven.
Subject
Paradise
Added entry--name
Gladstone, W. E., 1809 - 1898 (William Ewart) former owner.
Added entry--name
Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 1847 - 1929 Earl of, former owner.
Added entry--name
Phillimore, Robert, 1810 - 1885 former owner.
Added entry--name
Gladstone, Herbert John Gladstone, 1854 - 1930 Viscount, correspondent.
Added entry--name
Grant, Sybil Myra Caroline Primrose, 1879 - ? Lady, correspondent.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Italy Venice.
Identifier
B25809