The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri. Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow...

8° (188 x 125 mm). vii, [1], 246, [2]; viii, 248-489, [5]; viii, 491-760, [10] pages. Original editorial green percalline, with the gilt portrait of Dante on the lower cover. Gilt title on the spine. Coloured pastedowns and flyleaves. A very fine copy, occasional and very light foxing to some leaves.

Provenance: Henry Hughes (inscription on the first volume ‘Henry Hughes Bookseller and Stationer Pontypool'; Livio Ambrogio collection.

The first edition of the celebrated translation of the CommediabyHenry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882).