This auction is for the complete set of the works of Henry Wadsworth LONGFELLOW, including his translation of 'DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY'!!
Longfellow wrote the 1st American translation of Dante's Divine Comedy.
The Divine Comedy includes:
Inferno (Hell),
Purgatorio (Purgatory),
and Paradiso (Paradise)
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Complete in 14-volumes, AS STATED INSIDE EACH BOOK!
PRINTED IN ENGLISH.
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The Divine Comedy written by Dante Alighieri, between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature. The poem's imaginative vision of the Christian afterlife is a culmination of the medieval world-view as it had developed in the Western Church.
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The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or "cantiche") ' Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) ' composed each of 33 cantos (or "canti"). An initial canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100. The number 3 is prominent in the work, represented here by the length of each cantica.
The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300. The Roman poet Virgil guides him through Hell and Purgatory; Beatrice, Dante's ideal woman, guides him through Heaven. Beatrice was a real Florentine woman whom he met in childhood and admired from afar in the mode of the then-fashionable courtly love tradition which is highlighted in Dante's earlier work La Vita Nuova.
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Longfellow was one of the five members of the group known as the Fireside Poets.
The group is usually described as comprising Longfellow, Bryant, Whittier, Lowell, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, who were the first American poets whose popularity rivaled that of British Poets, both at home and abroad.
The name "Fireside Poets" is derived from that popularity.
Longfellow was the first American poet for whom a commemorative sculpted bust was placed in the Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey.
The interior of this set is exceptionally clean, bright and fresh!
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL SET BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL LEATHER BINDINGS!
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This is the complete 14-volume set and contains all Longfellow's works!
[The 14-volumes are comprised of 4 subsets:
3-volumes contain The complete Divine Comedy
6-volumes contain Longfellow's complete Poetical Works
2-volumes contain Longfellow's complete Prose Works
3-volumes contain Longfellow's Life]
[Printed in 1886.] This set is not dated on the title page. The final date on the copyright page is 1886.
The leather is a very high quality Leather!
Illustrated.
1 fold-out is present and is in Mint condition.
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This would make a great addition or start to any fine collection as well as a great gift!
Condition & Physical Description:
This set is in excellent condition!
The leather is very fresh. The hinges are all very solidly attached. The exterior displays nicely! The interior of this set is clean and fresh! The text blocks are very tight, showing No signs of looseness! There are no previous signs of ownership. There is No mustiness. Volume 12 has a darker spine. There is wear to the hinges. All hinges are attached. There are some small marks in pencil. This is a gorgeous set that has been very well preserved!
The set measures approximately 8 1/4 inches tall.
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This set is only becoming more and more scarce!
This is a very rare and desirable set.
This set is a classic.
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