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Author/Creator:

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321

Contributors:

Cary, Henry Francis, 1772-1844 , translator

Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883 , illustrator

Weaver, Gustine Courson, 1873-1942 , former owner

P.F. Collier, Inc. , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

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Weaver Collection

Languages:

English
Italian

Language Notes:

In English; translated from Italian.

Main Work:

Purgatorio [by Dante Alighieri] (English)

Related Works:

Paradiso [by Dante Alighieri] (English)

Genres:

Printed books — United States — New York (State) — New York — 19th century

Bookplates (Provenance) — United States — 20th century

General Notes:

Translation of Purgatorio and Paradiso of La Divina commedia.
Gift: Mrs. Gustine Courson Weaver, 1941
ex. coll. Mrs. Gustine Courson Weaver.
Bound in publisher's dark yellow cloth over boards with gilt lettering and Doré's illustrations on front cover and spine.
Structure loose; fraying to edges, chipping to corners; soiling to cover cloth.
Mrs. Weaver's pictorial bookplate on inside front cover; her monogram label on spine.
Weaver Collection accession number: 352

Physical Description:

xiv, 396 pages, 60 unnumbered plates ; 34 cm

Call Numbers:

PQ4315.13 .C3 1892

OCLC Numbers:

1053118065
854689 [Invalid]