Shelfmark
Ie7.3.12
Author
Title
Compositions by John Flaxman, sculptor, R. A., from the Divine poem of Dante Alighieri, : containing Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. / With quotations from the Italian, and translations from the version of the Reverend H. Boyd, to each plate.
Varying form of title
Compositions from the Hell, Pvrgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri
Varying form of title
Other title: Compositions from the Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri
Publication, distribution, etc.
London. : Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, ..., 1807..
Physical description
[2], 38, 38, [1], 33 leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 26 x 47 cm.
Note
Added engraved title page: "Compositions from the Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri, by Iohn Flaxman, sculptor. Engraved by Thomas Piroli, from the drawings in possession of Thomas Hope, esq., 1793.".
Binding
Contemporary dark brown leather; blind and gold tooled decoration on board edges; traces of spine surviving; orange and grey marbled endpapers.
Subject
Subject
Dante Alighieri, 1265 - 1321 Divina commedia
Added entry--name
Dante Alighieri, 1265 - 1321 Divina commedia.
Added entry--name
Piroli, Tommaso, 1750 - 1824 engraver.
Added entry--name
Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng ita ita
Identifier
B31406