Washington, D.C.: [Artisanal], [1990s]. Unique copy. Pristine. Medium folio (46x32x5cm; 18"x12.5"x2"); 180 leaves (360pp). Half leather in full-grain aniline black; boards covered in laid mulberry stock. All paperblock edges marbled with crimson and black mottling. Endpapers in Turkish marbling of green and metallic gold against amaranth red. Leaves of heavy..... More

Boston: Lee and Shepard, copyright 1873 but ca. 1920 reprint. Octavo (19cm); publisher's cloth in grey pictorial dust jacket; 221,[5](ads)pp.; frontispiece, six leaves of plates. Dust jacket margins rather chipped and worn with long closed tear at top edge of upper panel touching text without loss of meaning, rather extensive..... More

Marburg: Heinrich Ludwig Bronner, 1776-1777. Two volumes in one; 12mo; contemporary gilt-tooled roan, gilt spine in five compartments, papier-peint pastedowns, housed in contemporary paper-covered slipcase; 106,[2]; 291,[5]pp.; music throughout text. General rubbing to margins, spine gilt rather dulled, contemporary ownership notes to front free endpaper verso, old paper repairs to..... More

Paris: Editions Mornay, 1932. First Edition Limited to 1000 copies of which this is no. 525. Small quarto; mid-century three-quarter burgundy crushed morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine in five compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original wrappers bound in; 327pp.; color frontispiece, illus. throughout. Montreal bookseller ticket of..... More

Napoli [Naples]: Nella Tipografia di Angelo Trani, 1814. "Prima edizione napoletana." Octavo; full contemporary elaborately gilt-tooled crimson morocco with "N.A." on both covers within gilt floral border, green gilt-lettered spine label, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; 588pp.; text printed in double columns. Leather a bit scuffed along margins, small ink..... More

Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, No. 147 Market-Street. Brown & Merritt Printers, 24, Church-alley, 1809 [but 1821]. Small quarto (13cm.); slightly later straight-grained gilt-tooled brown morocco, marbled endpapers; 16pp.; engraved frontispiece and seven leaves of plates (collated complete). Dark tide mark affecting textblock as well as plates, stock uniformly toned due..... More

Firenze [Florence]: Tipografia Magheri, 1831. First Edition. 32mo (11.5cm); full contemporary teal gilt-ruled calf, gilt spine in four compartments, all edges speckled red, lavender endpapers; [4],284pp. Light wear to margins, sadly lacking spine label, contemporary ownership signature to front flyleaf, else a Very Good copy in a lovely contemporary binding..... More

London: William Ridgway, 1880. First Edition. Octavo (18.5cm); publisher's blue pictorial paper-covered boards; viii,88,[4]pp.; illustrated ads bound in rear. Boards worn at margins with exposure at corners and spine ends, dampstaining along spine edge of upper cover with additional splash marks to rear cover, joints starting to split but holding;..... More

London: George Allen, 1899. Limited Edition of 200 Large Paper copies. Large octavo. 298 pp. Line drawings by Thomson throughout. Bound in half morocco over green cloth by Scroll Club of New York; six compartments and gilt decoration to spine; top edge gilt; green endpapers. Housed in custom-made slipcase... More

London: Printed for John Taylor, 1831. Third Edition, with the Life of Dante, Notes and an Index. Three volumes; small octavos (17.5cm); later 19th-century crimson straight-grained gilt-tooled morocco, gilt spine in six compartments repeating the fleur-de-lis motif with green gilt spine labels, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Light wear to..... More

New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, [c. 1905 but ca. 1913]. Presumed Eleventh Edition. Octavo; contemporary full crushed teal morocco double-ruled in gilt, gilt spine in six compartments, all edges gilt, housed in custom cloth slipcase; [2],339pp.; photographic frontispiece, fifteen (15) leaves of plates, folding map bound in rear. Spine..... More

London: Scott, Webster, and Geary, n.d., ca. 1840. 12mo (13.5cm); contemporary school prize binding of brown blind-embossed morocco with gilt-tooled vignette of the school to upper cover, gilt spine, all edges gilt; iv,[5]-294pp.; steel engraved portrait frontispiece and added title page. Leather rather rubbed at margins, front joint very tender..... More

New York: Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1902. Later printing with "Fourteenth Edition" to title page. Octavo. 81 pp. + 2 pp. series advertisements. Illustrated dust jacket. Beige publisher's cloth decorated in pink and black and with Margaret Armstrong's monogram to front. A few minor nicks to edges of..... More