////The vision; or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri / Translated by Henry Francis Cary (3 volumes, 2nd edition). — London: Taylor and Hessey, 1819.

The vision; or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri / Translated by Henry Francis Cary (3 volumes, 2nd edition). — London: Taylor and Hessey, 1819.

Title page: THE | VISION; | OR | HELL, PURGATORY, AND PARADISE, | OF | DANTE ALIGHIERI. | TRANSLATED BY | THE REV. HENRY FRANCIS CARY, A. M. | IN THREE VOLUMES. | THE SECOND EDITION CORRECTED. | WITH THE LIFE OF DANTE, ADDITIONAL NOTES, | AND AN INDEX. | VOL. I. (–II, –III.) | — | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR | TAYLOR AND HESSEY, FLEET STREET. | 1819. ||

Pagination: (I) [2] – t.p. / blank, [4] – preface, [2] – contents / blank, [2] – errata / blank, [i] ii-lii – life of Dante, [1-3] 4-303+colophon [304 blank]; (II) [2] – t.p. / blank, [v] vi-xi [xii blank] – chronological view, [1-3] 4-309 [310 colophon]; (3) [2] – t.p. / blank, [1-3] 4-297 [298 blank], [28 index, colophon]; as called for by Royal Academy.

Collation: 8vo; (1) π5 b-d8 e2 B-U8; (2) π5 B-U8 X2 Y1; (3) π1 B-U8 X8 X3.

Binding: 22 x 14 cm each, three volumes uniformly bound by Morrell (stamp-signed on FEP verso) in slightly marbled polished calf, gilt dentelle border to boards and inside, gilt ornamental spine with red morocco labels, peacock marbled endpapers, extra vergé flyleaves in front and back, AEG.

Edition: 2nd, corrected. The 1st edition was published by J. Barfield in 1814.

Contributors:

Dante Alighieri (Italian, 1265 – 1321) – author.

Henry Francis Cary (British, 1772 – 1844) – translator.

James Augustus Hessey (British, 1785 – 1870), Taylor and Hessey (London) – publisher.

Thomas Miller (British, fl. 1815 – 1819) – printer.

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