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Boston and New York:: Houghton, Mifflin and Company,. Near Fine. 1906. Hardcover. Complete in six volumes. Translated from the Italian by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated by John Flaxman. Limited large paper edition: this set is number 55 of 650. Quartos, fully bound in black (or perhaps very dark blue) morocco leather with gilt lettering and design, raised bands along spines, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, sewn-in ribbon bookmarks. Light aging, previous owner's book-plate on front paste-downs, else all volumes are near fine. .

An epic poem by Dante Alighieri, set in a spiritual journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise with Virgil and Beatrice as guides.