Shelfmark
Kb.4.10
Author
Uniform title
[Vita nuova. English]
Title
The new life (La vita nuova) of Dante Alighieri / translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Ellis and Elvey, 1899.
Physical description
159, [3] p. ; 16 cm.
Note
At head of title: "The Siddal edition."
Note
Published as v.8 of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Works, The Siddal edition, by W. M. Rossetti.
Note
Publisher's case binding of dark olive cloth over stiff covers; gilt lettering and ornament on upper cover; gilt lettered spine.
Note
Publisher's advertisements on final leaf.
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Provenance
Lengthy note inside front cover in Edward Anthony [Teddy] Craig's hand, noting that the copy was originally inscribed by his father Edward Gordon Craig "From Ted to May", i.e. his wife May, née Helen Mary Gibson, and that Teddy Craig had torn out the dedication after finding the book for sale in Charing Cross Road, and later added his father's small "GC" bookplate.
Provenance
Loosely inserted woodcut by Edward Gordon Craig and mark of emphasis at p. 118, with note in Teddy Craig's hand noting that the woodcut was designed in 1907 and engraved in 1908 to illustrate the marked passage of Dante's work.
Subject
Dante Alighieri, 1265 - 1321 Vita nuova. English.
Subject
Italian poetry To 1400 Translations into English.
Genre/Form
Poems.
Added entry--name
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872 - 1966 former owner.
Added entry--name
Craig, Edward Anthony, 1904 - 1998 former owner.
Added entry--name
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828 - 1882 translator.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Ellis & Elvey publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng ita
Identifier
B46625